expurgate
Meaning of expurgate
verb
- To edit out (incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information) from a book or other publication; to cleanse; to purge.
The publisher decided to expurgate the love scene from the book, to make it more child-friendly.
- To undertake editing out incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information from (a book or other publication); to cleanse; to purge.
The publisher decided to expurgate the book, which meant removing the love scene.
Information about expurgate
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of expurgate is: expurgates.
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Hyphenation of expurgate
ex-pur-gate
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- expurgate is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
expurgate synonyms
Meaning bowdlerize:
Translation of expurgate
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