Defenition of the word expurgate

• Defenition of the word expurgate

  • To edit out rude, incorrect, offensive, or useless information from a book, CD or other publication.
  • 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 expurgate

• • abridge
  • bowdlerise
  • bowdlerize
  • clean up
  • cut
  • purge
  • shorten

Similar words in the expurgate

• • expurgate
  • expurgated
  • expurgates

Hypernyms for the word expurgate

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

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