| VERB | change | bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten | edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate |
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| Meaning | edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They won't bowdlerize the story | |
| Example | "bowdlerize a novel" | |
| Synonyms | bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten | |
| Broader | abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce | Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements |
| Spanish | expurgar | |
| Catalan | expurgar | |
| Nouns | bowdlerization | the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent |
| bowdlerization | written material that has been bowdlerized | |
| bowdlerizer | a person who edits a text / text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages | |
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