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expurgated
ex·pur·gate E0292900 (ĕk′spər-gāt′)tr.v. ex·pur·gat·ed, ex·pur·gat·ing, ex·pur·gates To remove erroneous, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material from (a book, for example) before publication.
[Latin expūrgāre, expūrgāt-, to purify : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + pūrgāre, to cleanse; see peuə- in Indo-European roots.]
ex′pur·ga′tion n.ex′pur·ga′tor n.expurgated (ˈɛkspəɡeɪtɪd) adj (Journalism & Publishing) publishing amended by the removal of offensive materialThesaurus| Adj. | 1. | expurgated - having material deleted; "at that time even Shakespeare was considered dangerous except in the expurgated versions"censored - suppressed or subject to censorship; "the censored press in some countries" |
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Related to expurgated: unexpurgatedWords related to expurgatedadj having material deletedRelated Words |