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declaw
verb de·claw \-ˈklȯ\
: to permanently remove the claws of (a cat)
Full Definition of DECLAW
transitive verb
: to remove the claws of (as a cat) surgically
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First Known Use of DECLAW
1953
Rhymes with DECLAW
backsaw, band saw, bear claw, bedstraw, blue law, bucksaw, buzz saw, bylaw, case law, catclaw, cat's-paw, chain saw, Choctaw, coleslaw, Corn Law, crenshaw, cumshaw, cushaw, Danelaw, Esau, forepaw, fretsaw, glass jaw, grandma, grandpa, guffaw, hacksaw, handsaw, hawkshaw, hee-haw, hurrah, in-law, jackdaw, jackstraw, jigsaw, kickshaw, last straw, leash law, lockjaw, lynch law, macaw, Moose Jaw, Nassau, old-squaw, outdraw, outlaw, pasha, pawpaw, pit saw, pooh-bah, poor law, rickshaw, ringtaw, ripsaw, scofflaw, scrimshaw, scroll saw, seesaw, shield law, southpaw, Skiddaw, tack claw, trishaw, tussah, undraw, Utah, Warsaw, whipsaw, wiredraw, withdraw
Medical Dictionary
declaw
transitive verb de·claw \(ˌ)dē-ˈklȯ\
Medical Definition of DECLAW
: 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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