blue pencilling

Main Entry:
abridge [uh-brij]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: shorten
Synonyms: abbreviate, abstract, blue pencil, chop, clip, compress, concentrate, condense, contract, curtail, cut, decrease, digest, diminish, downsize, lessen, limit, narrow, put in nutshell, reduce, restrict, slash, snip, summarize, trim, truncate
Antonyms: add, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen
Main Entry: condense
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: abridge
Synonyms: abbreviate, blue pencil, boil down, chop, coagulate, compact, compress, concentrate, constrict, contract, curtail, cut, cut down, decoct, densen, digest, edit, encapsulate, epitomize, inventory, precipitate, press together, précis, put in a nutshell, reduce, shorten, shrink, snip, solidify, sum, summarize, summate, synopsize, telescope, thicken, trim
Antonyms: enlarge, expand, lengthen
Main Entry: delete
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: erase, remove
Synonyms: X-out, annul, black out, bleep, blot out, blue-pencil, cancel, clean, clean up, cross out, cut, cut out, decontaminate, destroy, drop, edit, efface, eliminate, exclude, expunge, obliterate, omit, pass up, rub, rub out, rule out, sanitize, snip, squash, squelch, sterilize, strike out, trim, wipe out
Antonyms: add, put in
Main Entry: edit
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: rewrite, refine
Synonyms: adapt, alter, amplify, analyze, annotate, arrange, assemble, assign, blue-pencil, boil down, butcher, censor, check, choose, compile, compose, condense, correct, cut, delete, discard, doctor, draft, emend, excise, feature, fine-tune, finish, fly speck, go over, make up, massage*, polish, prepare, prescribe, proofread, publish, put together, rearrange, recalibrate, rectify, redact, regulate, rehash, rephrase, report, revise, scrub, select, set up, strike out, style, tighten, trim, write over
Main Entry: efface
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: erase
Synonyms: blot out, blue-pencil, cancel, cross out, delete, destroy, edit, eliminate, expunge, fade, obliterate, rub out, scratch out, white out, wipe out
Main Entry: erase
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: remove; rub out
Synonyms: X-out, abolish, annul, black out, blank, blot, blue pencil, cancel, cross out, cut, cut out, delete, disannul, dispatch, efface, eliminate, excise, expunge, extirpate, gut, kill, launder, negate, nullify, obliterate, scratch out, stamp out, strike, strike out, take out, trim, wipe out, withdraw
Antonyms: add, insert, put in
Main Entry: excise
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: remove, delete
Synonyms: X out, amputate, black out, blot out, blue pencil, cross out, cut, cut off, cut out, cut up, destroy, edit, elide, eradicate, erase, expunge, exscind, exsect, exterminate, extirpate, extract, gut, knock off, launder, lop off, resect, scissor out, scratch out, slash, stamp out, strike, trim, wipe out
Antonyms: add, put in
Main Entry: expunge
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: destroy, obliterate
Synonyms: KO, X out, abolish, annihilate, annul, black, black out, blot out, blue pencil, call all bets off, call off, cancel, cut, delete, discard, drop, efface, eradicate, erase, exclude, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, gut, kayo, kill, knock off, launder, omit, raze, remove, scrub, strike out, take out, trim, wipe out, zap
Antonyms: bear, build, construct, create
Main Entry: expurgate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: censor, cut
Synonyms: bleep, bleep out, blip, blue pencil, bowdlerize, clean up, cleanse, decontaminate, lustrate, purge, purify, sanitize, screen, scrub, squash, sterilize
Antonyms: allow, permit
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