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Defang vs Befang - What's the difference?

defang | befang |

As verbs the difference between defang and befang

is that defang is to remove the fangs from (something) while befang is to lay hold on; seize; grasp; catch; clutch.

defang

English

Verb

  • To remove the fangs from (something).
    • The snake was defanged .
  • (figuratively) To render harmless.
  • * The roots of terror, The Week , 14 July 2007, 622 , 4.
    • 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.

    Synonyms

    * (render harmless) declaw

    Anagrams

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    befang

    English

    Alternative forms

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    Verb

  • To lay hold on; seize; grasp; catch; clutch.
    • Come here an' I'll befang thee!
  • (obsolete) To take hold on; begin or commence upon.
  • (obsolete) To encompass; enclose; contain; comprehend.

    • References

    * Wright, The English dialect dictionary , Befang. * Philological Society (Great Britain), A new English dictionary on historical principles , Befong.