bowdlerizes

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third-person singular of bowdlerize
bowdlerize
to expurgate in editing (a literary composition) by omitting words or passages
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To purge literature of all possibly offensive or morally impure material
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edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel
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bowd·ler·ize bowdlerizes bowdlerizing bowdlerized in BRIT, also use bowdlerise disapproval To bowdlerize a book or film means to take parts of it out before publishing it or showing it. I'm bowdlerizing it -- just slightly changing one or two words so listeners won't be upset. a bowdlerised version of the song. to remove all the parts of a book, play etc that you think might offend someone - used to show disapproval (Thomas Bowdler (1754-1825), English editor who removed impolite words from Shakespeare's plays)
bowdlerize
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"
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To expurgate, as a book, by omitting or modifying the parts considered offensive
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{f} bowdlerise, censor literature, modify a written work by abridging in content, change a written work by distorting in style or content (named after Thomas Bowdler who published a censored version of Shakespeare's works)
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To remove those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
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