expurgate

Verb

1. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; “bowdlerize a novel”
   • Synonyms
     • bowdlerize
     • bowdlerise
     • castrate
     • shorten
   • Less specific
     • abridge
     • foreshorten
     • abbreviate
     • shorten
     • cut
     • contract
     • reduce
   • Related
     • expurgation
     • castration
     • expurgation
     • castration
     • expurgator
     • bowdlerizer
     • bowdleriser
     • bowdlerization
     • bowdlerisation
     • bowdlerization
     • bowdlerisation
     • Bowdler
     • Thomas Bowdler
     • expurgator
     • bowdlerizer
     • bowdleriser
     • bowdlerization
     • bowdlerisation
     • bowdlerization
     • bowdlerisation
     • expurgator
     • bowdlerizer
     • bowdleriser