DECLAW meaning: Surgical removal of animal claws

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Definitions from Wiktionary (declaw)

▸ verb: (transitive, veterinary medicine) To surgically remove the claws of (an animal); to perform onychectomy on.
▸ verb: (transitive, figuratively) To make harmless.

Opposite:

clawed, unaltered, intact, untrimmed

Types:

onychectomy, total phalangectomy, more...

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