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Synonyms for expurgate in English

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expurgate:
- shorten; castrate; bowdlerise; bowdlerize; expurgate

English

Detailed Synonyms for expurgate in English

expurgate:

expurgate verb

expurgate

– edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate ¹
to shorten; to castrate; bowdlerise; bowdlerize; expurgate
– edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate ¹
- shorten verb (shortens, shortened, shortening)
- castrate verb (castrates, castrated, castrating)
- bowdlerise verb, British
- bowdlerize verb, American
  - bowdlerize a novel¹
- expurgate verb

Alternate Synonyms for "expurgate":

bowdlerize; bowdlerise; castrate; shorten; abridge; foreshorten; abbreviate; cut; contract; reduce

Related Definitions for "expurgate":

edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University