expurgates

Meaning of expurgates

verb
  1. 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.
  2. 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 expurgates

  • It is a verb.
  • The singular form of expurgates is: expurgate.
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Hyphenation of expurgates

ex-pur-gates

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • expurgates is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

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