Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
VITRIOLIZE
Etymology
Verb
vitriolize (third-person singular simple present vitriolizes, present participle vitriolizing, simple past and past participle vitriolized)
(transitive, dated) To convert into a vitriol; to vitriolate.
(transitive, dated) To injure (a person) with sulphuric acid, as by throwing it upon the face.
(transitive, dated) To poison with vitriol.
Source: Wiktionary
Vit"ri*ol*ize, v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. vitrioliser.]
Definition: To convert into a vitriol; to vitriolate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ACCURATE
(adjective) conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; “an accurate reproduction”; “the accounting was accurate”; “accurate measurements”; “an accurate scale”
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