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expurgate

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Main Entry: expurgate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: censor, cut

Synonyms:

bleep, bleep out, blip, blue pencil, bowdlerize, clean up, cleanse, decontaminate, lustrate, purge, purify, sanitize, screen, scrub, squash, sterilize

Antonyms:

allow, permit
Main Entry: censor
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: forbid; ban; selectively remove

Synonyms:

abridge, black out, blacklist, bleach, bleep, blue-pencil, bowdlerize, clean up, conceal, control, cork, criticize, cut, decontaminate, delete, drop the iron curtain, edit, examine, excise, expurgate, exscind, inspect, launder, narrow, oversee, prevent publication, purge, purify, put the lid on, refuse transmission, repress, restrain, restrict, review, revile, sanitize, scissor out, squelch, sterilize, strike out, supervise communications, suppress, withhold
Notes: to censor is to disallow portions or the entireties of books, plays, etc. on the grounds that they transgress propriety, 'to scrutinize, revise, or cut,' expurgate or suppress; to censure is to criticize vehemently or harshly, or condemn

Antonyms:

allow, approve, endorse, permit, sanction
Main Entry: clean
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make undirty, uncluttered

Synonyms:

absterge, bath, bathe, blot, brush, cauterize, clarify, cleanse, clear the decks, clear up, deodorize, depurate, deterge, disinfect, do up, dredge, dust, edulcorate, elutriate, erase, expunge, expurgate, flush, hackle, launder, lave, mop, neaten, pick, pick up, polish, purge, purify, rake, rasp, refine, rinse, rout out, sanitize, scald, scour, scrape, scrub, shake out, shampoo, soak, soap, sponge, spruce up, sterilize, straighten up, swab, sweep, tidy up, vacuum, wash, whisk, winnow, wipe

Antonyms:

adulterate, defile, dirty, foul, soil, stain
Main Entry: cleanse
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make undirty; wash

Synonyms:

absolve, clarify, clean, clear, depurgate, disinfect, expurgate, launder, lustrate, purge, purify, refine, restore, rinse, sanitize, scour, scrub, sterilize

Antonyms:

dirty, soil, spot
Main Entry: mutilate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: maim, damage

Synonyms:

adulterate, amputate, batter, bowdlerize, butcher, cripple, crush, cut to pieces, cut up, deface, disable, disfigure, dismember, distort, expurgate, hack*, hash up, hurt, injure, lacerate, lame, mangle, mar, mess up*, ravage, scratch, spoil, weaken

Antonyms:

fix, mend, repair
Main Entry: bowdlerize
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: censor

Synonyms:

edit, expurgate, redact
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