expurgated

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Only an expurgated 500-page executive summary has been made public.

From Salon • Nov. 13, 2019

As Marina Warner wrote in her book Stranger Magic, “Galland transformed his sources, his fluent prose adding politesse and polish. … He expurgated the eroticism that heightens many passages in the original.”

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2019

The book, which is available as a limited-edition, two-volume box set and a combined, expurgated third version that merges the two as a double-fronted volume, is split into complimentary themes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2018

“To consent would be an admission that the expurgated parts are not indispensable,” he wrote.

From Washington Post • Jan. 10, 2018

But even without our expurgated radio broadcast, we had learned what the authorities did not want us to know.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela