Defenition of the word bowdlerize

• Defenition of the word bowdlerize

  • To remove those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly.
  • edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"
  • edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

Synonyms for the word bowdlerize

• • abridge
  • amend
  • bowdlerise
  • castrate
  • censor
  • clean up
  • cut
  • edit
  • expurgate
  • shorten

Similar words in the bowdlerize

• • bowdlerize
  • bowdlerized
  • bowdlerizes

Hypernyms for the word bowdlerize

• • abbreviate
  • abridge
  • contract
  • cut
  • foreshorten
  • reduce
  • shorten

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