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Meaning of defang | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

/diːˈfæŋ/

Definitions

To remove the fangs from (something).
transitive
To render (something) harmless.
figuratively, transitive

Equivalents

Ελληνικά ξεδοντιάζω

Examples

“The snake was defanged.”

“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.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

defanged defanging defangs defasciculate defasciculated defasciculates