defang
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 6
/diːˈfæŋ/
(UK)
Definition of defang
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(transitive)To remove the fangs from (something).
“The snake was defanged.”
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verb
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(transitive)To remove the fangs from (something).
“The snake was defanged.”
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(figuratively, transitive)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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Etymology
From de- + fang.
Words you can make from defang
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2 words4-letter words
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