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bleeped

verb

past tense of bleep
as in removed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bleeped
  1. removed
  2. clipped
  3. erased
  4. obliterated
  5. censored
  6. expunged
  7. eradicated
  8. redacted
Verb
  • Abascal was removed from the building on a stretcher and placed in an ambulance before she was driven away from the neighborhood.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Since production has never been transparent about exactly what went down during her surgery, Kari has only her blurry memory combined with the accounts of cameramen who were in the operating room documenting it — until they were removed.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of removed
Verb
  • His short-form video content and public appearances produced a plethora of footage that could easily be clipped, repurposed and remixed, into preexisting memes and trending audios.
    — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Majumdar recalls how a screen in the machine would cycle through four 10-minute videos of the staple from the 90’s and early 2000’s, each made up of several different scenes clipped together.
    — Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of clipped
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  • Sullivan discussed the state’s history of LGBTQ+ people and organizations and how much of that history has been intentionally erased, according to The Alabama Reflector.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Not honoring a family’s home language would mean the welcome and validation that families feel in the program would be erased.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of erased
Verb
  • The Strip had been largely obliterated in the war between Hamas and Israel, and most of its two million inhabitants were living in tents or in the ruins; images of human misery had flooded screens around the world.
    — Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The hulking, five-story border checkpoint facility, which loomed over the surrounding area in the grand style of Chinese government facilities, has been obliterated.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of obliterated
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  • When Ciara and Brandon’s names were announced, a long bleep was censored on TV.
    — Colleen Kratofil, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Famously, nipples on male-presenting people are rarely censored—online or in real life—the way nipples on people with breasts are.
    — Kara McGrath, Allure, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of censored
Verb
  • Have you been arrested, charged or convicted of a crime, had an adjudication withheld, or had a matter sealed or expunged?
    — José Javier Rodríguez, Sun Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Next month, people with certain criminal convictions will have the chance to get their records expunged or sealed, as Cook County hosts its annual Second Chance Summit.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of expunged
Verb
  • The team has eradicated every invasive casuarina pine, the Australian import whose needles poison the native plants beneath it, along with invasive sea grapes that chew up the dunes.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Screwworm had been considered eradicated from the US, Mexico and most of Central America decades ago.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of eradicated
Verb
  • Almost 180 pages of the documents had been redacted by the city after lawyers argued that there was information about juveniles and medical records that should be kept out.
    — Bryan Lynn, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Some security-sensitive technical details have been redacted, while other aspects of the design may change as the project progresses through further reviews.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of redacted
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“Bleeped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bleeped. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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