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Expurgated
To edit out (incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information) from a book or other publication; to cleanse; to purge.
📖 Definitions of "Expurgated"
verb
- 1
To edit out (incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information) from a book or other publication; to cleanse; to purge.
"The publisher decided to expurgate the love scene from the book, to make it more child-friendly."
- 2
To undertake editing out incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information from (a book or other publication); to cleanse; to purge.
"The publisher decided to expurgate the book, which meant removing the love scene."
adjective
- 1
Having had erroneous, obscene, or other objectionable material removed.
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