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DEFANG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does defang mean?
• DEFANG (verb)
The verb DEFANG has 1 sense:
1. remove the fangs from
Familiarity information: DEFANG used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove the fangs from
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
defang the poisonous snake
Hypernyms (to "defang" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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