unfanged
Without its fangs
Unfanged describes something that has had its fangs removed or that naturally lacks fangs.
The term applies literally to snakes or other venomous creatures rendered harmless by extraction of their fangs, and figuratively to people or institutions stripped of their power to harm.
The unfanged cobra posed for tourist photos.
A critic might describe weakened legislation as unfanged, suggesting it can no longer bite.
Having no teeth
- nonvenomousProducing no poison
- innocuousCausing no harm
- benignNot harmful or threatening
- unthreateningNot likely to harm
inoffensive · tame · docile · declawed · defused · neutralized · safe · gentle
Talons surgically removed
- neuteredRendered infertile surgically
- disempoweredDeprived of authority or influence
- powerlessLacking strength or authority
- helplessUnable to act independently
weakened · hamstrung · incapacitated · disabled · subdued · pacified · muzzled · blunted
Having no teeth
- extractedRemoved from source
- gummedCoated with adhesive
- serpentineCurving in repeated bends
- viperineOf or like snakes
snakelike · reptilian · cobra · adder · rattlesnake
toothless
Having no teeth
- nonvenomousProducing no poison
- innocuousCausing no harm
- benignNot harmful or threatening
unthreatening · inoffensive · tame · docile · declawed · defused · neutralized · safe · gentle · mild
declawed
Talons surgically removed
- neuteredRendered infertile surgically
- disempoweredDeprived of authority or influence
- powerlessLacking strength or authority
helpless · weakened · hamstrung · incapacitated · disabled · subdued · pacified · muzzled · blunted · dulled
toothless
Having no teeth
- extractedRemoved from source
- gummedCoated with adhesive
- serpentineCurving in repeated bends
viperine · snakelike · reptilian · cobra · adder · rattlesnake