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Declaw

//diːˈklɔː// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To surgically remove the claws of (an animal); to perform onychectomy on. transitive
  2. 2
    remove the claws from wordnet
  3. 3
    To make harmless. figuratively, transitive

    "If, when the moment arrives, China is unwilling to side with its allies, the Arabs will rapidly find a declawed Chinese dragon unwelcome."

Etymology

From de- + claw.

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