expurgate

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To edit out rude, incorrect, offensive, useless, or otherwise undesirable information from a book, CD or other publication; to cleanse; to purge

The publisher decided to expurgate the love scene from the book, to make it more child-friendly.

If someone expurgates a piece of writing, they remove parts of it before it is published because they think those parts will offend or shock people. He heavily expurgated the work in its second edition. = censor + expurgated ex·pur·gat·ed It was first published in 1914 in a highly expurgated version
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"
{f} purify; censor, remove that which is offensive
To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive, or erroneous; to cleanse; to purge; as, to expurgate a book
expurgated
Having had erroneous, obscene, or other objectionable material removed
expurgated
Simple past tense and past participle of expurgate
expurgated
having material deleted; "at that time even Shakespeare was considered dangerous except in the expurgated versions
expurgated
an expurgated book, play etc has had some parts removed because they are considered harmful or offensive (past participle of expurgare, from purgare; PURGE)
expurgates
third-person singular of expurgate
expurgating
present participle of expurgate
expurgation
the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work
expurgation
{i} cleansing or purification
expurgation
The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous
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