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Verb: expurgate  'ek-spur`geyt
  1. Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
    "expurgate a novel"
    - bowdlerize, bowdlerise [Brit], castrate, shorten

Derived forms: expurgates, expurgated, expurgating

See also: expurgation, expurgator

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

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expressway
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expulsion
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exquisite
exquisitely
exquisiteness
exsanguine
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