defang Definition

eviscerate, declaw, emasculate, neutralize, extirpate, disembowel, dismantle, obliterate, outwit, eradicate, rid, fend, weaken, exterminate, marginalize, coopt, thwart, subvert, destroy, scuttle, enfeeble, cripple, preempt, stymie, denude, suborn, demonize, malign, undermine, enmesh, legitimatize, vanquish, siccing, domesticate, discredit, usurp, disorganize, decimate, legitimize, disempower, unmask, outwait, undo, reconstitute, squelch, appease, islamise, stifle, eliminate, foist, forestall, subsume, europeanize, unhorse, terrorize, revivify, convince, outflank, distract, strangulate, pander, outthink, annihilate, deprive, vilify, weaponize, overawe, repulse, undercut, placate, pacify, depopulate, dislodge, counterpose, constitutionalize, persuade, paralyze, sidestep, subjugate, outmanoeuvre, enervate, deconstruct, nullify, illegalize, obfuscate, petrify, terrify, communalise, frustrate, curtail, balkanize, reeducate, isolate, unfetter, ensnare, frighten, concoct, counteract, mollify, fulminate,