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Defang

//diːˈfæŋ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To remove the fangs from (something). transitive

    "The snake was defanged."

  2. 2
    remove the fangs from wordnet
  3. 3
    To render (something) harmless. figuratively, transitive

    "The Government's new security supremo, Admiral Sir Alan West, said the danger from home-grown and foreign terrorists was at its greatest level ever, and warned that it could take up to 15 years to defang Islamic radicalism."

Etymology

From de- + fang.

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