English verb: expurgate | |||
1. | expurgate (change) edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate | ||
Samples | Bowdlerize a novel. | ||
Examples | They won't expurgate the story | ||
Synonyms | bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, shorten | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten | ||