declaw
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /diːˈklɔː/
declaw (declaws, present participle declawing; past and past participle declawed)
- To surgically remove the claws from.
- (figuratively) To make harmless.
- 2016 January 25, "Why Arabs would regret a toothless Chinese dragon ↗," The National (retrieved 25 January 2016):
- If, when the moment arrives, China is unwilling to side with its allies, the Arabs will rapidly find a declawed Chinese dragon unwelcome.
- 2016 January 25, "Why Arabs would regret a toothless Chinese dragon ↗," The National (retrieved 25 January 2016):
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