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| bowdlerize definitions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | censor prudishly | 56 sets | |
| 2 | to remove offensive passages of a play, novel, etc. | 37 sets | |
| 3 | expurgate | 28 sets | |
| 4 | to remove offensive portions from a book | 26 sets | |
| 5 | expurgate; cf. thomas bowdler | 21 sets | |
| 6 | remove or change parts considered vulgar or immoral | 21 sets | |
| 7 | edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate | 19 sets | |
| 8 | v. to expurgate in editing (a literary composition) by omitting words or passages. | 14 sets | |
| 9 | to remove material considered offensive | 12 sets | |
| 10 | to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable. | 12 sets | |
| 11 | to expurgate; to remove obscenity from a book | 12 sets | |
| 12 | v. to censor, esp. prudishly | 10 sets | |
| 13 | to remove material considered offensive (from a book, play, film, etc.) | 9 sets | |
| 14 | to expurgate in editing (a literary composition) by omitting words or passages. | 8 sets | |
| 15 | (v.) to remove material considered offensive (from a book, play, film, etc.) | 8 sets | |
| 16 | to remove or modify the parts considered offensive. | 7 sets | |
| 17 | to censor, esp. prudishly | 7 sets | |
| 18 | to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable | 6 sets | |
| 19 | v. to remove offensive passages of a play, novel, etc. | 6 sets | |
| 20 | v. expurgate | 5 sets | |
| 21 | (v) to expurgate; to remove obscenity from a book | 5 sets | |
| 22 | censor, purge, expurgate | 5 sets | |
| 23 | to censor | 5 sets | |
| 24 | censor | 5 sets | |
| 25 | to remove offensive passages | 4 sets | |
| 26 | remove offensive portions in a book | 4 sets | |
| 27 | to censor prudishly | 4 sets | |
| 28 | to expurgate prudishly | 4 sets | |
| 29 | delete, censor, expurgate | 3 sets | |
| 30 | to expurgate (as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar | 3 sets | |
| 31 | to remove materials considered offensive | 3 sets | |
| 32 | to remove offensive content | 3 sets | |
| 33 | to remove offensive passages of a play, novel, ect. | 3 sets | |
| 34 | to expurgate by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar | 3 sets | |
| 35 | to censor; to remove offensive passages of a play, novel, etc. | 3 sets | |
| 36 | to remove offensive passages of a play, novel, etc.; to censor (v) | 3 sets | |
| 37 | verb- to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable. | 2 sets | |
| 38 | (v) to remove material considered offensive (from a book, play, film, etc.) | 2 sets | |
| 39 | to remove text from a document that is inappropriate or tainted | 2 sets | |
| 40 | to remove or change parts considered vulgar or immoral | 2 sets | |