adjective
- having had the claws removed
- rendered powerless or ineffective
Usage: figurative
verb
- past tense and past participle of declaw
Examples
- The declawed cat could no longer scratch the furniture.
- Many veterinarians refuse to perform declawing procedures.
- The declawed tiger was unable to hunt effectively in the wild.
- The new regulations declawed the committee’s authority.
- After the scandal, the politician was completely declawed.
- The declawed lobster was safe to handle.
- Animal rights activists oppose keeping declawed cats as pets.