What does defang mean?
Defang means (literal) To remove the fangs from (something)..
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/diːˈfæŋ/ · verb
(literal) To remove the fangs from (something)..
The snake was defanged.
The Government's new security supremo, Admiral Sir Alan West, said the danger from home-grown and foreign terrorists was at its greatest level ever, and warned that it could take up to 15 years to defang Islamic radicalism.
Use defang when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Defang means (literal) To remove the fangs from (something)..
Common synonyms include declaw, detooth.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The snake was defanged.
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