Expurgated

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of expurgate form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Having had erroneous, obscene, or other objectionable material removed. not-comparable

    "In a subsequent expurgated retelling, his complaint that the customer had been a f*cking pain in the ass was reported as "a pain in the rear"."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having material deleted wordnet

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censoredpurgedpurifiedrefinedreformedspruce

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"In a subsequent expurgated retelling, his complaint that the customer had been a f*cking pain in the ass was reported as "a pain in the rear"."

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