expurgate

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Pronunciation

/ˈɛks.pɚ.ɡeɪt/

Definition of expurgate

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

(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.”
“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.”

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verb

(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.”
“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.”
(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.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

From Latin expurgātus, perfect passive participle of expurgō (“purge, cleanse, purify”).

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