expurgate meaning

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expurgate (verb): edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate.

Definition of expurgate

  1. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
    • bowdlerize a novel

    Synonyms: bowdlerize, bowdlerise, castrate, shorten

    Type of: abridge

    Related forms: expurgation, expurgator

Word lists: words starting with EX · words ending in TE · 9-letter words

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