defang
verb/diːˈfæŋ/UK
Etymology
Definitions
To remove the fangs from (something).
- The snake was defanged.
To render (something) harmless.
- 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.
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