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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 | ||
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