"defang" meaning in English

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        "To remove the fangs from (something)."
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        "(transitive) To remove the fangs from (something)."
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          "ref": "2007 July 14, “The Roots of Terror”, in The Week, 622, 4",
          "text": "The Government's new security supremo, Admiral Sir Alan West, said the danger from home-grown and foreign terrorists was at its greatest level ever, and warned that it could take up to 15 years to defang Islamic radicalism.",
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        "To render harmless."
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        "(figuratively) To render harmless."
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        "(transitive) To remove the fangs from (something)."
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