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Verb: bowdlerise  'bawd-lu`rIz
Usage: Brit (=bowdlerize)
  1. Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
    "bowdlerise a novel"
    - bowdlerize, expurgate, castrate, shorten

Derived forms: bowdlerises, bowdlerised, bowdlerising

See also: Bowdler, bowdlerisation [Brit], bowdleriser [Brit]

Type of: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten

Encyclopedia: Bowdlerise

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