DEFANG

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Remove the fangs from

Example:

defang the poisonous snake

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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