Synonyms for "blue-pencil" (28 found)

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Closest matches (6)

abbreviateabridgeamendblot outbowdlerizecancel

Strong matches (8)

censorcorrectcross outcutemenderase

Verb(2 words)

deleteedit

Related words (14)

expungeexpurgatekillomitrectifyrescindrevampreviserewriterub outstrikestrike offstrike outvoid

Related word relations

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2 relation types

More general

1 entries

censor

Related terms

2 entries

blue pencil doctrinered-pencil

Translations

8 translations across 4 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries

• редактирам verb (to edit written documents)
• цензурирам verb (to edit written documents)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

• 修改 verb (to edit written documents)
• 刪除 /删除 verb (to edit written documents)
• 行使部分否決權 /行使部分否决权 verb (use a line-item veto)

Finnish

2 entries

• käyttää punakynää verb (to edit written documents)
• käyttää punakynää verb (use a line-item veto)

French

1 entries

• caviarder verb (to edit written documents)

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