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Defanged vs Declawed - What's the difference?

defanged | declawed |

As verbs the difference between defanged and declawed

is that defanged is (defang) while declawed is (declaw).

defanged

English

Verb

(head)
  • (defang)

    • 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

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    declawed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (declaw)

    • declaw

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To surgically remove the claws from.
  • (figuratively) To make harmless.

    • Related terms

    * declawing

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