Synset:bowdlerise bowdlerize castrate shorten
Examples:
- bowdlerize a novel
Derivationally Related Form:bowdlerizationexpurgatorcastrationexpurgationBowdlerbowdlerizerbowdlerisationbowdleriser
Hypernyms:abbreviate abridge contract cut foreshorten reduce shorten
Inherited Hypernyms:bowdlerizeabridgedecreasechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | They won't --- the story (apply to: expurgate, shorten, bowdlerise, bowdlerize)