1. having had the fangs removed
Usage: literal sense
2. rendered harmless or powerless; stripped of threatening qualities
Usage: figurative sense

Examples

• The zoo kept defanged snakes for educational programs.
• The veterinarian defanged the venomous snake before the demonstration.
• The new regulations have defanged the once-powerful lobbying group.
• Critics argued that the bill had been defanged by amendments.
• The defanged version of the software lacked its most useful features.
• After the scandal, the politician was essentially defanged.
• The defanged cobra posed no threat to visitors.