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defang
UK /diːˈfæŋ/ US /diːˈfæŋ/
verb 2
Definitions
verb
1
To remove the fangs from (something).
The snake was defanged.
2
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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