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DEFANG
defang
(verb) remove the fangs from; “defang the poisonous snake”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
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.
Synonyms
• (render harmless): declaw
Anagrams
• fag end, fag-end, fanged
Source: Wiktionary
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