Censor

/ˈsɛnsə/

Synonyms for "censor" (199 found)

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Closest matches (40)

abbreviate abridge annotator asphyxiate belittlerblack outbleach blipblot outblue pencilblue-pencilbottle upbowdlerize cancelcaptious criticcarper caviler censurerchoke offclamp down on

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clean upcognoscente

Noun(12 words)

ashcans asterisks ban beep blackouts blacks bleep bleeping bleeps block bowdlerizingcensorship authority

Verb(5 words)

ban blacked bleeped bowdlerise bowdlerizes

Adjective(1 words)

bowdlerized

Strong matches (60)

color commentator commentercommon scoldconnoisseur conscience conscientiousness corkcork upcrack down oncritic criticaster criticizer critickin criticulecross outcrush cutcut outdamp

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damp downdelete drown editedit outeditor eraseethical selfexcise expunge expurgate extinguish faultfinder frondeur gag gracehold downhugger muggerhugger-mugger hushhush uphush-hushinner arbiterinward monitor

Noun(11 words)

conceal detailsdeletedog muzzleedit editor expurgating expurgator gags gatekeeperhate speech limitsjailers

Verb(4 words)

destroy artexpurgated expurgates gagged

Adjective(1 words)

intolerant

Related words (99)

jump onkeep downkeep underkillliterary criticman of lettersmomus monopolistmoral censormuckraker muffle muzzle narrow nitpicker omit pettifoggerpour water onprotectionist purge purify

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put downquash quell quench quibbler repress rescind restrain restrict restrictionist reviewerrub outscholiast scold screen shushshut downshut down onsilencesit down onsit onsmash smellfungus smothersocial consciencesocial criticsquash squelch stanch stifle strangle strikestrike offstrike outstultify subdue suffocate superego suppresstender consciencetextual criticthrottletwinge of consciencevoice of consciencevoid

Noun(20 words)

most sudden silencemutes muzzler muzzlesoffice of censoromitpartially redactedredact redacting redactor shuttingsilence ordersilencer silencers silences squelching strangleholds suppress suppresser withhold

Verb(13 words)

muzzled oppress quellsredact namesredact personal datasanitise sanitised sanitize sanitizedsilence the crowdsilenced suppressed unword

Adjective(1 words)

silent

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5 relation types

More general

22 entries

actor appraise assess control criminalise criminalize doer evaluate functionary illegalise illegalize measure office official outlaw person

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More specific

15 entries

blacking outbook censorcontent blockingeditingfilm censorgovernment censorinformation suppressionlocal censormedia censorshipnews censoromitting redactingself censorshipstate censorstate censorship

Collocations

10 entries

book censorcensor boardcensorship lawscensorship policyfilm censorgovernment censormedia censorshipnews censoronline censorshipstate censor

Inflections

3 entries

censored censoring censors

Derivations

7 entries

censorate censored censorial censoring censorious censoriously censorship

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

In 1980 the Ontario Censor Board banned the film "The Tin Drum," adapted from the Günter Grass novel, but the media found this silly, and so the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) showed the offending scene that night from coast to coast on the national news.

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I wonder which country will be the first to censor Tatoeba.

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It'd be very convenient if we could censor this kind of comment.

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I wonder what country will censor Tatoeba first.

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