Synonyms of blue-penciling

blue-penciling

verb

present participle of blue-pencil

as in deleting

to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it

military censors blue-penciled any remarks that could possibly be deemed critical

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deleting
• canceling
• crossing (out)
• striking (out)
• removing
• stroking (out)
• scratching (out)
• editing (out)
• erasing
• censoring
• deleing
• killing
• wiping out
• eliding
• x-ing (out)
• blotting out
• eradicating
• rooting (out)
• clipping
• rubbing out
• obliterating
• expunging
• effacing
• shortening
• suppressing
• cleaning (up)
• excising
• red-penciling
• laundering
• bleeping
• blacking out
• redacting
• cutting
• blipping
• cropping
• expurgating
• abbreviating
• silencing
• bowdlerizing
• repressing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stetting