declaw
verb
de·claw
(ˌ)dē-ˈklȯ 
declawed; declawing; declaws
: to remove the claws of (an animal, such as a cat) surgically
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We had our cats declawed.
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According to Danielle Bays of Humane World for Animals, roughly one-fifth of all cats are still subjected to declawing.
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Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 24 Feb. 2025
Maryland, Massachusetts, New York and Washington, D.C. all have outlawed cat declawing.
—Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 24 Feb. 2025
Pet insurance also rarely covers elective procedures like ear cropping, tail docking or declawing.
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2024
The support for the measure that would declaw a landmark criminal justice reform law credited with keeping low-level offenders out of overcrowded prisons has even found support from Antioch Mayor Lamar Hernandez-Thorpe.
—Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2024
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Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 24 Feb. 2025
Maryland, Massachusetts, New York and Washington, D.C. all have outlawed cat declawing.
—Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 24 Feb. 2025
Pet insurance also rarely covers elective procedures like ear cropping, tail docking or declawing.
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2024
The support for the measure that would declaw a landmark criminal justice reform law credited with keeping low-level offenders out of overcrowded prisons has even found support from Antioch Mayor Lamar Hernandez-Thorpe.
—Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2024
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“Declaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/declaw. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.
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declaw
transitive verb
de·claw
(ˌ)dē-ˈklȯ
: to remove the claws of (a cat) usually with the nail matrix and all or part of the last bone of the toe
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