1. Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
   "bowdlerize a novel"
   - bowdlerise [Brit], expurgate, castrate, shorten

Derived forms: bowdlerizing, bowdlerizes, bowdlerized

See also: bowdlerization, bowdlerizer

Type of: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten

Encyclopedia: Bowdlerize

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