English Dictionary

defang

IPA（発音記号）

/diːˈfæŋ(ɡ)/

動詞

他動詞 比喩的用法

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

日本語の意味

牙を取り除く / （比喩的に）無害化する、危険性を取り除く

Before releasing the captured cobra back into the wild, the wildlife officer had to defang it.

捕獲したコブラを野生に戻す前に、野生動物の保護官はその牙を抜かなければならなかった。

意味（1）

(transitive) To remove the fangs from (something).

The snake was defanged.

意味（2）

(figuratively) To render 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.

defangs （ present singular third-person ）

defanging （ participle present ）

defanged （ participle past ）

defanged （ past ）