Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to defang
Participle: defanged
Gerund: defanging
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | defang |
| you | defang |
| he;she;it | defangs |
| we | defang |
| you | defang |
| they | defang |
Perfect
| I | have defanged |
| you | have defanged |
| he;she;it | has defanged |
| we | have defanged |
| you | have defanged |
| they | have defanged |
Past
| I | defanged |
| you | defanged |
| he;she;it | defanged |
| we | defanged |
| you | defanged |
| they | defanged |
Pluperfect
| I | had defanged |
| you | had defanged |
| he;she;it | had defanged |
| we | had defanged |
| you | had defanged |
| they | had defanged |
Future
| I | will defang |
| you | will defang |
| he;she;it | will defang |
| we | will defang |
| you | will defang |
| they | will defang |
Future Perfect
| I | will have defanged |
| you | will have defanged |
| he;she;it | will have defanged |
| we | will have defanged |
| you | will have defanged |
| they | will have defanged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | defang |
| you | defang |
| he;she;it | defang |
| we | defang |
| you | defang |
| they | defang |
Perfect
| I | have defanged |
| you | have defanged |
| he;she;it | have defanged |
| we | have defanged |
| you | have defanged |
| they | have defanged |
Imperfect
| I | defanged |
| you | defanged |
| he;she;it | defanged |
| we | defanged |
| you | defanged |
| they | defanged |
Pluperfect
| I | had defanged |
| you | had defanged |
| he;she;it | had defanged |
| we | had defanged |
| you | had defanged |
| they | had defanged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would defang |
| you | would defang |
| he;she;it | would defang |
| we | would defang |
| you | would defang |
| they | would defang |
Perfect
| I | would have defanged |
| you | would have defanged |
| he;she;it | would have defanged |
| we | would have defanged |
| you | would have defanged |
| they | would have defanged |
Imperative
| you | defang |
| we | Let's defang |
| you | defang |
Verbs conjugated like 'defang'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'defang'
befang,
bebang,
dang,
dean,
debag,
decan,
decant,
deface,
defail,
defalk,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *de
3. Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
4. Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
5. Proto-Italic *dē
6. Latin dē
7. Latin dē-der.
8. English de-
9. English fang
10. English defang
11. From de- + fang.
Sample Sentences
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The snake was defanged.
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The Government's new security supremo, Admiral Sir Alan West, said the danger from home-grown and foreign terrorists was at its greatest level ever, and warned that it could take up to 15 years to defang Islamic radicalism. [2007 July 14, “The Roots of Terror”, in The Week, 622, 4:]