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declawing en · NOUN
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(uncountable, usually) The surgical removal of claws.
California joins New York, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island in banning declawing statewide, according to the Los Angeles Times. Several California cities, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Berkeley, Burbank, Culver City, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, and West Hollywood, had previously enacted local bans, with West Hollywood becoming the first jurisdiction in the nation to do so in 2003.
2025 October 9, Angelique Brenes, “California bans declawing cats under new state law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom”, in KTLA5, archived from the original on 12 Oct 2025:
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onychectomy
declawing en · VERB
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of declaw