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Expurgate

//ˈɛks.pɚ.ɡeɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To edit out (incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information) from a book or other publication; to cleanse; to purge. transitive

    "The publisher decided to expurgate the love scene from the book, to make it more child-friendly."

  2. 2
    edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate wordnet
  3. 3
    To undertake editing out incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information from (a book or other publication); to cleanse; to purge. transitive

    "The publisher decided to expurgate the book, which meant removing the love scene."

Etymology

From Latin expurgātus, perfect passive participle of expurgō (“purge, cleanse, purify”).

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