ex
pur
gate
Third Person
expurgates
Present Participle
expurgating
Past Tense
expurgated
Past Participle
expurgated
1
to remove some parts of a writing because it might offend people
- Certain chapters were expurgated to make the novel more suitable for younger readers.
- The publisher decided to expurgate the book, removing offensive language and content.
- The committee recommended that certain sections of the report be expurgated before publication.
- He had to expurgate parts of his blog post to ensure it didn’t upset his audience.
- The government required the author to expurgate sensitive political references before granting approval for publication.
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