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Bowdlerize

verb
(past & past part. bowdlerized; pres. part. bowdlerizing)
1.
Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate.  Synonyms: bowdlerise, castrate, expurgate, shorten.



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"Bowdlerize" Quotes from Famous Books



... bear to see Ellen cry, but on the other hand she had "fixed up" this room for Ellen—she had had it furnished and decorated for her—and now Ellen must and should appreciate it. She should not be allowed to disguise and bowdlerize it to suit the unwelcome tastes she had acquired at school. The sight of her father's Buffalo certificate, lying face downwards on the cupboard floor, gave strength to ...
— Joanna Godden • Sheila Kaye-Smith


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