REDACT Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

redact

verb

Definition of redact

as in to delete

to make changes to (something written) so as to remove or obscure information Because the victims were minors, their full names were redacted from public court records. The declassified documents were heavily redacted before they were released.

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Recent Examples of redact The official, whose name was redacted by the agency, asked Bovino to acknowledge receipt of the document and answer questions. — Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026 By law, Indiana law enforcement may redact sensitive information from body camera footage, such as images of crime victims, extreme violence and dead bodies. — Aubrey Wright, IndyStar, 28 Aug. 2026 Flock would begin redacting those details so that agencies could see only the identities of their own officers. — Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 His current address was redacted in the copy of the report obtained by this news organization. — Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for redact

Recent Examples of Synonyms for redact

Verb

When the site’s moderator began deleting pages in June, the agents responded by creating backup pages to dodge the cleanup.

— Reuters, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
Loughlin had deleted her Instagram account on March 12, 2019, the day the news broke.

— Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of delete

Verb

That means the race winner could potentially gain 75 points in a single race on another driver, and that has the potential to erase gaps very quickly.

— Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Trump is moving to strip California’s emissions authority, end tax credits and erase electric vehicle sales mandates, reshaping the national market while leaving the state’s clean-car future tangled in Washington-level uncertainty.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of erase

Verb

The cores or plugs removed from the lawn during aeration actually increase the success of overseeding by providing more direct contact between the seeds and the soil.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 4 Sep. 2026
If coverings could not be removed, visitors would be charged for a day pass or a pass replacement.

— Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of remove

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