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defang

/dee-fang/US // diˈfæŋ //

隘口,违章,违禁品,违约

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to remove the fangs of: to defang a snake.
    • : to cause to become less powerful or threatening; render harmless.

Examples

  • The Voting Rights Act, partially defanged by the Supreme Court after 2011, still requires legislators in each state to draw a number of majority-minority districts.

  • In so doing, the film becomes essentially a loving tribute—but it feels oddly hollow and defanged, and may leave viewers wondering exactly what the point of the whole fandango is.

  • One goal would be to defang Ayton, who is shooting almost 70 percent from the floor in the playoffs and scores with relative ease when Milwaukee’s non-centers are forced to guard him in the paint.

  • These vaccines were made to defang or tame the virus, and they’re doing an excellent job at that.

  • Meanwhile, in Missouri, the passage of Amendment 3 would defang the redistricting reform initiative that 62 percent of voters approved in 2018.

  • It may even sink the talks President Obama is hoping will persuade Iran to defang its nuclear program.

  • Yet this overdetermined combination, with its delicious and delicate execution, helps defang both symbols and make them ludicrous.

  • To be sure, Washington has been trying to defang this capability, but it has been living with it.

  • There is indeed a threat, but it is the Northern Irish parties themselves who are in the best position to defang it.

  • This simple switch would single-handedly defang conservative fear-mongering about the national socialization of health care.