declaw

About 0.00 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To surgically remove the claws of (an animal); to perform onychectomy on.
2. verb To make harmless; to remove the power, authority, or force from.

   The acerbic comedy has been declawed by the demands of network TV.

Similar words

clitoridectomize unnail dock castrate alter beclaw decorticate velvet orchidectomize claw away

Often followed by

the a

Word family

declawed declawing declaws