expurgated

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Having had erroneous, obscene, or other objectionable material removed
Simple past tense and past participle of expurgate
having material deleted; "at that time even Shakespeare was considered dangerous except in the expurgated versions
an expurgated book, play etc has had some parts removed because they are considered harmful or offensive (past participle of expurgare, from purgare; PURGE)
expurgate
To edit out rude, incorrect, offensive, useless, or otherwise undesirable information from a book, CD or other publication; to cleanse; to purge

The publisher decided to expurgate the love scene from the book, to make it more child-friendly.

expurgate
If someone expurgates a piece of writing, they remove parts of it before it is published because they think those parts will offend or shock people. He heavily expurgated the work in its second edition. = censor + expurgated ex·pur·gat·ed It was first published in 1914 in a highly expurgated version
expurgate
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"
expurgate
{f} purify; censor, remove that which is offensive
expurgate
To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive, or erroneous; to cleanse; to purge; as, to expurgate a book
expurgated

    Silbentrennung

    ex·pur·ga·ted

    Aussprache

    Etymologie

    [ 'ek-sp&r-"gAt ] (transitive verb.) 1678. Latin expurgatus, past participle of expurgare, from ex- + purgare to purge.
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