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The Collaborative International Dictionary
declaw

declaw \declaw\ v. t. to remove the claws from, -- used especially with a cat as an object.

Wiktionary
declaw

vb. 1 To surgically remove the claws from. 2 (context figuratively English) To make harmless.

WordNet
declaw

v. remove the claws from; "declaw a cat"

Usage examples of "declaw".

Firwirrung climbed down the bulkhead and held out a three-pronged knife used to declaw the small meat lizards they called Fft.

Now Stapular was pulling off his own left hand, and the ruby light declawed the chimaera.

Across the room, the declawed saint and the timid warlock joined a crowded table, which included Kari Stark and a blatantly mismatched collection of companions.

And while it is being widely reported that the big cat is declawed, I choose not to believe it.

Then learn to live with it Knowledge goes a long way when it comes to declawing even the scariest monsters.