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ex·pur·gate (eks′pər 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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expurgate Synonyms

expurgate

v.

purify, cleanse, bowdlerize; see censor.


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  • version: Whoever says such things must have read a very heavily expurgated version of the Old Testament.
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