How to pronounce “declaw”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• (transitive, veterinary medicine) To surgically remove the claws of (an animal); to perform onychectomy on.
• (transitive, figuratively) To make harmless.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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