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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
declaw .
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Examples
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The Tea Party likes to think it will act as daunting force during the 2012 election cycle, but in fact the monster is getting declawed.
Heather Taylor-Miesle: Champs Stand Up and Fight for Clean Air as Tea Party Loses Steam Heather Taylor-Miesle 2011
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Any such new husband would certainly want the sofa cleared, or perhaps a new, less comfortable sofa, and, simultaneously, the cats declawed.
Please Come to Boston? (Memoir) Rick Rofihe 2011
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That was a much more effective way to deal with it but, of course, dumbocrats live in a utopian world where everyone holds hands and sings songs so they decided that the CIA is evil and needs to be declawed so ... here we are.
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The Tea Party likes to think it will act as daunting force during the 2012 election cycle, but in fact the monster is getting declawed.
Heather Taylor-Miesle: Champs Stand Up and Fight for Clean Air as Tea Party Loses Steam Heather Taylor-Miesle 2011
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One woman was frantic because her declawed house cat had escaped through an open door and taken off for parts unknown.
Fatal Error J.A. Jance 2011
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One woman was frantic because her declawed house cat had escaped through an open door and taken off for parts unknown.
Fatal Error J.A. Jance 2011
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Thirty-two percent of the cat owners polled have had their pets declawed, while only 1 percent of dog owners have had their pets debarked.
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Thirty-two percent of the cat owners polled have had their pets declawed, while only 1 percent of dog owners have had their pets debarked.
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People must keep their old, declawed, or sickly dogs and cats inside, particularly at night.
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The SEC was effectively declawed by Bush/Cheney ... when you have an entire agency told to not do what they're supposed to be doing, how long do you think it will take for its employees to get into trouble?
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