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Yet strangely, the killer robot girl who shimmied and stabbed her way into our hearts is defanged and watered down in her return.
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 26 June 2025
The stormy fake-out in the Haydn’s first movement sounded defanged, and the finale rather polite.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025
Iran’s air defenses were largely defanged during a missile and air battle with Israel last year.
—Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 20 June 2025
Over 20 months of war, Israel was able to defang each of its adversaries.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 17 June 2025
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 26 June 2025
The stormy fake-out in the Haydn’s first movement sounded defanged, and the finale rather polite.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025
Iran’s air defenses were largely defanged during a missile and air battle with Israel last year.
—Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 20 June 2025
Over 20 months of war, Israel was able to defang each of its adversaries.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 17 June 2025
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“Defang.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/defang. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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