declaw

Etymology

de- + claw

verb

  1. (transitive) To surgically remove the claws of (an animal); to perform onychectomy on.
  2. (transitive, figurative) To make harmless.
    If, when the moment arrives, China is unwilling to side with its allies, the Arabs will rapidly find a declawed Chinese dragon unwelcome. January 25 2016, “Why Arabs would regret a toothless Chinese dragon”, in The National, retrieved 2016-01-25

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