Unbarb

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1
To remove a barb from. transitive
"[…] that could unbarb the arrow of malice […]"

Example

"[…] that could unbarb the arrow of malice […]"

Etymology

From un- + barb.

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