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to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it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
• removing
• erasing
• censoring
• deleing
• canceling
• killing
• crossing (out)
• stroking (out)
• wiping out
• scratching (out)
• editing (out)
• striking (out)
• eliding
• cancelling
• blotting out
• x-ing (out)
• clipping
• rubbing out
• eradicating
• x'ing (out)
• suppressing
• expunging
• shortening
• red-penciling
• obliterating
• effacing
• excising
• laundering
• blipping
• expurgating
• bowdlerizing
• blacking out
• bleeping
• rooting (out)
• redacting
• cropping
• cutting
• abbreviating
• silencing
• cleaning (up)
• repressing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stetting

• stetting