The publisher decided to expurgate the love scene from the book, to make it more child-friendly.
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Expurgate
//ˈɛks.pɚ.ɡeɪt//
Synonyms for "expurgate" (60 found)
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12 translations across 9 languages.
Czech
1 entries- cenzurovat verb (to cleanse, to purge)
Finnish
2 entries- poistaa verb (to cleanse, to purge)
- sensuroida verb (to cleanse, to purge)
French
1 entries- expurger verb (to cleanse, to purge)
Galician
1 entries- expurgar verb (to cleanse, to purge)
Indonesian
2 entries- meralat verb (to cleanse, to purge)
- ralat verb (to cleanse, to purge)
Latin
1 entries- expurgō verb (to cleanse, to purge)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- pak kirin verb (to cleanse, to purge)
- paqij kirin verb (to cleanse, to purge)
Romanian
1 entries- expurga verb (to cleanse, to purge)
Spanish
1 entries- expurgar verb (to cleanse, to purge)
Sample sentences
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Yossarian was busy expurgating all but romance words from the letters when the chaplain sat down in a chair between the beds and asked him how he was feeling.
Source: wiktionary
The publisher decided to expurgate the book, which meant removing the love scene.
Source: wiktionary
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