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defangs

defangs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of defang.

Meaning of defang

Verb

defang (third-person singular simple present defangs, present participle defanging, simple past and past participle defanged)

  1. (transitive, literal) To remove the fangs from (something).
    • The snake was defanged.
  2. (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.2007 July 14, “The Roots of Terror”, in The Week, 622, 4
    Synonyms:
    declaw, detooth

Questions about defangs

What is defangs the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Defangs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of defang.

Words near defangs in the dictionary

  1. defamings
  2. defamous
  3. defang
  4. defanged
  5. defanging
  6. defangs
  7. defasciculate
  8. defasciculated
  9. defasciculates
  10. defasciculating
  11. defasciculation

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