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I'd begun writing it in order to control or defang the pain.

He wishes to use the present to defang the future, an act of courage.

Defang the rebellion when it's finally ready to hunt?

Meanwhile, if you're interested, we've discovered how to defang our friends."

Let's see what we can do to defang that mob.'

By ramping up their hyperbole, Letterman seems to defang the whole issue.

Over the years, severe editing served to defang scary stories and make them appropriate for children.

Later came challenges from landlords and other business interests eager to defang the center's lawyers.

He also hoped the plan to defang spelling would help stem the decline of French worldwide.

Two decades ago there were only a handful of books offering advice on how to defang the dears.

To defang stress while offering a worthwhile workout.

They finally settled on a proposal to defang the Internal Revenue Service.

He could defang it by purchasing outright.

This theory made it less threatening, but it did not defang it entirely.

The founders' idea was to defang the nationalisms that had devastated Europe by creating common institutions binding states together.

Throughout his reign, the King has frequently relied on magnanimity to defang his opponents.

The Carter Administration, with its deregulatory bent, got reforms passed that would defang the commission.

But only Washington can defang Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions.

The assaults can be repeated or applied as necessary to try to defang Mr. Hussein and buy more time.

But none of this sufficed to defang the vampires of Balkan nationalism.

But to present the work at the New Museum, Knowbotic had to defang it.

The issue was whether to continue the Clinton administration's bargaining to defang North Korea's missile capability in return for economic incentives.

You write that for many critics "photography is a powerful, duplicitous force to defang rather that an experience to embrace and engage."

What better way to defang a secret society than to infantilize-and make public-its most secret information?

By the same token, a long siege would surely weaken the resolve of the shaky international coalition trying to defang President Hussein.