bowdlerise

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verb

edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
- bowdlerize a novel
• Syn:
bowdlerize, expurgate, castrate, shorten
• Derivationally related forms:
castration (for: castrate), expurgation (for: expurgate), expurgator (for: expurgate), bowdlerisation, Bowdler, bowdleriser, bowdlerization (for: bowdlerize), bowdlerizer (for: bowdlerize)
• Hypernyms:
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut,
contract, reduce
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They won't bowdlerise the story

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  bowdlerize, expurgate, castrate, shorten