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
17 June 2025
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
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