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bowdlerize

/'b/oU/dl/@/,r/aI/z/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

verb

  1. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

    verb.change

    Examples
    Bowdlerize a novel.
    Synonyms bowdlerise castrate expurgate shorten

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. To expurgate, as a book, by omitting or modifying the parts considered offensive.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

Nearby words

bowdlerbowdlerisationbowdlerisebowdleriserbowdlerismbowdlerizationbowdlerizerbowedbowed downbowed stringed instrumentbowelbowel movement

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