expurgate
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɛks.pɚ.ɡeɪt/
expurgate (expurgates, present participle expurgating; past and past participle expurgated)
- (transitive) To edit out (incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information) from a book or other publication; to cleanse; to purge.
- The publisher decided to expurgate the love scene from the book, to make it more child-friendly.
- (transitive) To undertake editing out incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information from (a book or other publication); to cleanse; to purge.
- The publisher decided to expurgate the book, which meant removing the love scene.
- French: expurger
- Spanish: expurgar
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