bowdlerise (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *bowdlerise*:
VERB	change	bowdlerise, bowdlerize, expurgate, castrate, shorten	edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

English > *bowdlerise*: 1 sense > verb 1, change
Meaning	edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Model	They won't bowdlerise the story
Synonyms	bowdlerize, expurgate, castrate, shorten
Broader	abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce	Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
Spanish	expurgar
Catalan	expurgar
Nouns	Bowdler	English editor who in 1818 published an expurgated edition of the works of Shakespeare (1754-1825)
	bowdlerisation	the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent
	bowdlerisation	written material that has been bowdlerized
	bowdleriser	a person who edits a text / text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages

HyperDic: bowdlerise