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Definition of declaw in English: declawverbdiːˈklɔːdēˈklô [with object]Remove the claws from (an animal, typically a cat). 去掉(动物,尤指猫)的爪子 Example sentencesExamples - If your cat has not been declawed, you'll need to remove the hooks on the ends of the claws.
- Of course, declawed cats should be indoor-only pets and you should be very careful mixing them with cats that still have their claws.
- He had already been declawed and neutered by a past owner as well.
- A better vet later gently declawed this poor cat and her life was better for it.
- My vet said I only have two options - to get rid of Fred or have him declawed - neither of which I want to do!
- Wildlife officials are setting traps for the declawed leopard, but so far no luck.
- ‘We feel that it is one of the surgeries that people take very much for granted,’ says Luke, noting that many owners bring in their kittens to be declawed as a matter of routine.
- I've always been horrified by the idea of declawing a cat (even a housecat), but if she doesn't take a shine to the kid, it could get nasty.
- Also, I finally had to get the cat declawed, and that upset the hell out of me for some reason.
- I have four cats of my own, none of then declawed, and my upholstery and curtains are intact and my rugs unsnagged.
- I have zero desire to declaw this cat (he's old and fat, plus it's just mean).
- Someone should have told Courtney Love to have her cat declawed… he ruined her dress!
- Some owners request otherwise unnecessary surgical procedures in an effort to make their animals more suitable as pets, although even declawed and defanged animals are still highly dangerous.
- The tigers at ALS are declawed on their front paws and so could not have gained a ‘toe-hold’ on a fully closed window through the use of a claw.
Definition of declaw in US English: declawverbdēˈklô [with object]1Remove the claws from. Example sentencesExamples - He had already been declawed and neutered by a past owner as well.
- Of course, declawed cats should be indoor-only pets and you should be very careful mixing them with cats that still have their claws.
- If your cat has not been declawed, you'll need to remove the hooks on the ends of the claws.
- I have zero desire to declaw this cat (he's old and fat, plus it's just mean).
- I've always been horrified by the idea of declawing a cat (even a housecat), but if she doesn't take a shine to the kid, it could get nasty.
- I have four cats of my own, none of then declawed, and my upholstery and curtains are intact and my rugs unsnagged.
- Wildlife officials are setting traps for the declawed leopard, but so far no luck.
- The tigers at ALS are declawed on their front paws and so could not have gained a ‘toe-hold’ on a fully closed window through the use of a claw.
- ‘We feel that it is one of the surgeries that people take very much for granted,’ says Luke, noting that many owners bring in their kittens to be declawed as a matter of routine.
- Also, I finally had to get the cat declawed, and that upset the hell out of me for some reason.
- Someone should have told Courtney Love to have her cat declawed… he ruined her dress!
- Some owners request otherwise unnecessary surgical procedures in an effort to make their animals more suitable as pets, although even declawed and defanged animals are still highly dangerous.
- My vet said I only have two options - to get rid of Fred or have him declawed - neither of which I want to do!
- A better vet later gently declawed this poor cat and her life was better for it.
- 1.1 Make harmless or less threatening.
the Grimms' fairy tales were declawed beyond recognition Example sentencesExamples - The President of the US hasn't quite gone the way of the various present day monarchies that have been politically declawed and have been figureheads now for centuries.
- Until UC can get its brightest stars to get degrees and chase basketballs instead of money, the Bearcats will remain in their current declawed state.
- We shouldn't be surprised that the Tories are warming up to our metropolis just when they need ways to declaw the Liberals.
- By the time a financial crisis declawed the Asian tigers in 1997-98, the U.S. economy was in the middle of its technology boom.
- Just like this fluffy film, the original concept diluted by even more assistants, and entirely declawed of the dated, sarcastic meanness that made Garfield appealing decades time ago.
- In the longer view, poor grass-growing conditions - a frigid winter followed by a dry spring - have declawed the rough.
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