In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
defang
(verb) remove the fangs from; “defang the poisonous snake”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
defang (third-person singular simple present defangs, present participle defanging, simple past and past participle defanged)
(transitive) To remove the fangs from (something).
(figuratively) To render harmless.
• (render harmless): declaw
• fag end, fag-end, fanged
Source: Wiktionary
26 April 2024
(noun) a viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated area; “the dominant character of the cityscape is it poverty”
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.