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To remove those parts of a text considered to be damaging to an authority
bowdlerize: edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"
To remove those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar or adult in nature
{f} bowdlerize, censor literature, modify a written work by abridging in content, change a written work by distorting in style or content (named after Thomas Bowdler who published a censored version of Shakespeare's works)
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