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View definitions for bowdlerize

bowdlerize

verb as in censor

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Because, like her correspondence to him, they’re bowdlerized by government censors.

She should not be allowed to disguise and bowdlerize it to suit the unwelcome tastes she had acquired at school.

I have no wish to bowdlerize Sir Richard Steele, his ways and words.

This is called "expurgating" the book; but people who disapprove often call it to bowdlerize.

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On this page you'll find 5 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to bowdlerize, such as: edit, expurgate, and redact.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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