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Defense lobbying groups, though, have made a push to defang the repairability provision of the bill in favor of the House’s data-as-a-service tweak.
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Boone Ashworth, Wired News, 26 Nov. 2025
Thus far, though, Pitchfork hardly seems defanged.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2025
Wisely, Square Enix kept that narrative exactly intact for The Ivalice Chronicles, and vitally didn’t defang any of its societal criticisms.
—Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
The protagonist's youth doesn't defang the story, as Silent Hill f wastes no time thrusting Hinako and her friends into their personal hells.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
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Boone Ashworth, Wired News, 26 Nov. 2025
Thus far, though, Pitchfork hardly seems defanged.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2025
Wisely, Square Enix kept that narrative exactly intact for The Ivalice Chronicles, and vitally didn’t defang any of its societal criticisms.
—Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
The protagonist's youth doesn't defang the story, as Silent Hill f wastes no time thrusting Hinako and her friends into their personal hells.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for defang
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“Defang.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/defang. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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