Definition of "defanging" []

• Present participle of defang. (verb)

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• "If the bipartisan report is any indication, he will be particularly interested in defanging Iran, a position that he has made clear in speeches to Israeli audiences."
• "And I mean, what you've seen the White House do in a way with for instance the death panels and kind of defanging that argument."
• "And, I mean, what you have seen the White House do in a way with, for instance, the death panels and kind of defanging that argument, that's essentially what they are doing here with floating this whole idea of maybe the public option isn't the best choice."