As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
declaw
(verb) remove the claws from; “declaw a cat”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
declaw (third-person singular simple present declaws, present participle declawing, simple past and past participle declawed)
To surgically remove the claws from.
(figuratively) To make harmless.
• clawed
Source: Wiktionary
8 May 2025
(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.