defang
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defang
- /diːˈfæŋ/ UK
Rhymes with -æŋ
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Proto-Indo-European *de
Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
Proto-Italic *dē
Latin dē
Latin dē-der.
English de-
English fang
English defang
From de- + fang.
verb defangs · defanging · defanged
- To remove the fangs from (something). The snake was defanged.
- 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.
