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expurgate
verb expurgated, expurgating
    1. To revise (a book) by removing objectionable or offensive words or passages.
      Thesaurus: censor, sanitize, bowdlerize, purge.
    2. To remove (such words or passages).
Derivative: expurgation
noun
    Derivative: expurgator
    noun
      Etymology: 17c: from Latin expurgare to purify.



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