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  • 51History of tobacco — Tobacco has a long history from its usages in the early Americas. It became increasingly popular with the arrival of the Europeans in which it was heavily traded. Following the industrial revolution, cigarettes became popularized, which fostered… …

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  • 52benumb — benumbedness /bi numd nis, num id /, n. benumbingly, adv. benumbment, n. /bi num /, v.t. 1. to make numb; deprive of sensation: benumbed by cold. 2. to render inactive; deaden or stupefy. [1350 1400; back formation from ME benomen, ptp. of… …

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  • 53foolish — foolishly, adv. foolishness, n. /fooh lish/, adj. 1. resulting from or showing a lack of sense; ill considered; unwise: a foolish action, a foolish speech. 2. lacking forethought or caution. 3. trifling, insignificant, or paltry. [1250 1300; ME… …

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  • 54lobotomized — /leuh bot euh muyzd , loh /, adj. 1. Surg. having undergone a lobotomy. 2. stupefied; benumbed. [1940 45; LOBOTOMIZE + ED2] * * * …

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  • 55Napoleon Bonaparte —     Napoleon I (Bonaparte)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Napoleon I (Bonaparte)     Emperor of the French, second son of Charles Marie Bonaparte and Maria Lætitia Ramolino, b. at Ajaccio, in Corsica, 15 August, 1769; d. on the Island of St.… …

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  • 56benumbedness — noun The state or quality of being benumbed …

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  • 57Götterdämmerung — noun /ɡɒtəˈdæmərʊŋ/ a) The myth of the destruction of the gods in a final battle with the forces of evil; the apocalypse. After so much music, love, and flowers, she felt benumbed, thunder struck by this psychedelic Götterdämmerung. b) Any… …

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  • 58facile — adjective /ˈfa.sʌɪl,ˈfæ.saɪl/ a) Easy specifically in a disparaging sense; taking minimal effort; lazy, simplistic. as he that is benumbed with cold sits shaking, that might relieve himself with a little exercise or stirring, do they complain,… …

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  • 59Coal gasification — is the process of producing coal gas, a type of syngas–a mixture of carbon monoxide (CO), hydrogen (H2), carbon dioxide (CO2) and water vapour (H2O)–from coal. Coal gas, which is a combustible gas, was traditionally used as a source of energy for …

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  • 60insensible — I adjective apathetic, benumbed, bewildered, blind, callous, clueless, comatose, dazed, deaf, deprived of sensation, dormant, drugged, dull, emotionless, exanimate, frigid, heedless, ignorant, imperceptive, impercipient, inanimate, incapable of… …

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