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declawing

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /di??kl??w??(?)/

Verb

declawing

  1. present participle of declaw

Noun

declawing (usually uncountable, plural declawings)

  1. The surgical removal of claws; onychectomy

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declaw

English

Etymology

de- +? claw

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /di??kl??/

Verb

declaw (third-person singular simple present declaws, present participle declawing, simple past and past participle declawed)

  1. (transitive) To surgically remove the claws of (an animal); to perform onychectomy on.
  2. (transitive, 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.

Related terms

  • declawing

Anagrams

  • Caldew, clawed

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