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Bowdlerize
/ˈbaʊd.lə.ˌɹaɪz/
To remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly.
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verb
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To remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly.
"The bowdlerized version of the novel, while free of vulgarity, was also free of flavor."
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