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Adjective: expurgated  'ek-spu(r),gey-tid
  1. Having material deleted
    "at that time even Shakespeare was considered dangerous except in the expurgated versions"
Verb: expurgate  'ek-spu(r),geyt
  1. Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
    "expurgate a novel";
    - bowdlerize, bowdlerise [Brit], castrate, shorten

See also: censored

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

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