as in to censor
to remove objectionable parts from
the newspaper had to expurgate the expletive-laden speech that the criminal made upon being sentenced to life imprisonment
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Recent Examples of expurgate
Mr. Jang’s name has been expurgated from all official records in the North.
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Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2016
The movie’s climactic punch line was repeatedly expurgated and reinstated during previews.
—J. Hoberman, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2016
Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2016
The movie’s climactic punch line was repeatedly expurgated and reinstated during previews.
—J. Hoberman, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expurgate
censor
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Cutting funds relevant to these groups or censoring materials reflecting their experiences deepens their marginalization and chills dissent.—
Laura Backstrom,
Scientific American,
8 May 2025
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These friendships were broken up by violence, censored in films or simply abandoned by women themselves in the face of the dominant patriarchal norms.—
Laura Mills,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2025
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“Expurgate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expurgate. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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