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bowdlerize
[bohd-luh-rahyz, boud-] 
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bowdlerize
[bohd-luh-rahyz, boud-]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | censor |
| Synonyms: | edit, expurgate, redact |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | mutilate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | maim, damage |
| Synonyms: | adulterate, amputate, batter, bowdlerize, butcher, cripple, crush, cut to pieces, cut up, deface, disable, disfigure, dismember, distort, expurgate, hack*, hash up, hurt, injure, lacerate, lame, mangle, mar, mess up*, ravage, scratch, spoil, weaken |
| Antonyms: | fix, mend, repair |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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