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Verb: blue-pencil (blue-pencilled,blue-pencilling)  ,bloo'pen-sul
  1. Cut or eliminate
    "she blue-pencilled the juiciest scenes";
    - edit, delete

Derived forms: blue-pencils, blue-pencilling, blue-pencilled

Type of: censor

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