bowdlerize (v)
bowdlerise (v)
expurgate (v)
castrate#3 (v)
shorten#7 (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 30
def edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
examples bowdlerize a novel
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Outgoing links
Hypernym abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
Derivationally related form castrate → castration
Derivationally related form expurgate → expurgation; expurgate → expurgator
Derivationally related form bowdlerise → bowdlerisation; bowdlerise → bowdlerisation
Derivationally related form bowdlerise → Bowdler
Derivationally related form bowdlerise → bowdleriser
Derivationally related form bowdlerize → bowdlerization; bowdlerize → bowdlerization
Derivationally related form bowdlerize → bowdlerizer
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Derivationally related form bowdlerisation → bowdlerise; bowdlerisation → bowdlerise
Derivationally related form bowdlerization → bowdlerize; bowdlerization → bowdlerize
Derivationally related form castration → castrate
Derivationally related form expurgation → expurgate; expurgator → expurgate
Derivationally related form bowdleriser → bowdlerise
Derivationally related form bowdlerizer → bowdlerize
Derivationally related form Bowdler → bowdlerise
Hyponym abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce

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