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expurgate - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'expurgate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Expurgate [ v. t.]
- To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive, or erroneous; to cleanse; to purge; as, to expurgate a book.

Meaning of 'expurgate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . expurgate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
Example in sentence:
  • bowdlerize a novel