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expurgate definition

ex·pur·gate (ekspər gāt′)

transitive verb expurgated -·gat′ed, expurgating -·gat′·ing

  1. to remove passages considered obscene or otherwise objectionable from (a book, etc.)
  2. to expunge (objectionable material) from; delete

Etymology: < L expurgatus, pp. of expurgare, to purge, cleanse < ex-, out + purgare, purge

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