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expurgate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of expurgate

to remove objectionable parts from

the newspaper had to expurgate the expletive-laden speech that the criminal made upon being sentenced to life imprisonment

Synonyms of expurgate

bowdlerize, censor, clean (up), launder, red-pencil

Words Related to expurgate

cleanse, purge, purify

abbreviate, blue-pencil, edit, shorten

bleep, blip, cut (out), delete, excise, expunge, gut, x (out)

black out, repress, silence, suppress

censure, condemn, denounce

examine, review, screen, scrutinize

Near Antonyms of expurgate

approve, authorize, sanction

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