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defang

[ dee-fang ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to remove the fangs of:

    to defang a snake.

  2. to cause to become less powerful or threatening; render harmless.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of defang1

First recorded in 1950–55; de- + fang 1
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Example Sentences

Hezbollah’s opponents are intent on defanging the Iran-backed group once considered one of the world’s top paramilitary factions and Lebanon’s most powerful political party.

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Digital rights campaigners, Foxglove, said it showed the CMA had been "defanged."

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In recent weeks, anti-Hezbollah parties worked together to choose a president and prime minister espousing policies to defang the group and strip it of its arsenal.

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Whatever bigotry is portrayed here — like when the local pastor refuses to hug Desiree the way he does all other church-going ladies — is defanged by the loving community that surrounds the Slates.

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But they represent the possible routes that a second Trump administration may take to defang or dramatically reduce the agency’s regulatory impact.

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