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bowdlerize

[bohd-luh-rahyz, boud-] / ˈboʊd ləˌraɪz, ˈbaʊd- /
VERB
censor
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"Why did you get involved in bowdlerising or amending the prospectus?"

From BBC • May 24, 2024

They were handed down from father to son in the families, without anybody improving on them or bowdlerising them: they were sacred.

From Tartarin of Tarascon by Daudet, Alphonse




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