Associations to the word «Declaw»

Wiktionary

DECLAW, verb. To surgically remove the claws from.
DECLAW, verb. (figuratively) To make harmless.

Dictionary definition

DECLAW, verb. Remove the claws from; "declaw a cat".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats