Definition of "defanged" [defanged]

• Simple past tense and past participle of defang. (verb)

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• "If the Arab states are being "defanged" -- always supposing they had any real fangs in the first place -- why should Israel not be "de-nuclearised"?"
• "Even better, Kim Zigfeld claims that after the WW2, fought mostly on Russia's territory and with a terrible loss in Russian lives, Allies should have "defanged" and "induced to reform""
• "The FundamentaList (No. Conservatives fight for the RNC chair, Focus on the Family fears the new Congress, and has Obama "defanged" the religious right?"