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Definition of Bowdlerize
1. Verb. Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate. "They won't bowdlerize the story "; "Bowdlerize a novel"
Exact synonyms: Bowdlerise, Castrate, Expurgate, Shorten
Generic synonyms: Abbreviate, Abridge, Contract, Cut, Foreshorten, Reduce, Shorten
Derivative terms: Bowdler, Bowdlerisation, Bowdlerisation, Bowdleriser, Bowdlerization, Bowdlerization, Bowdlerizer, Castration, Expurgation, Expurgator
Generic synonyms: Abbreviate, Abridge, Contract, Cut, Foreshorten, Reduce, Shorten
Derivative terms: Bowdler, Bowdlerisation, Bowdlerisation, Bowdleriser, Bowdlerization, Bowdlerization, Bowdlerizer, Castration, Expurgation, Expurgator
Definition of Bowdlerize
1. v. t. To expurgate, as a book, by omitting or modifying the parts considered offensive.
Definition of Bowdlerize
1. Verb. To remove those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bowdlerize
1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]
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