expurgate

tr.v., -gat·ed, -gat·ing, -gates.
To remove erroneous, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material from (a book, for example) before publication.

[Latin expūrgāre, expūrgāt-, to purify : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + pūrgāre, to cleanse.]

expurgation ex'pur·ga'tion n.
expurgator ex'pur·ga'tor n.

verb

To examine (material) and remove parts considered harmful or improper for publication or transmission: bowdlerize, censor, screen. See include/exclude, show/hide.

v

Definition: censor, cut
Antonyms: allow, permit

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expurgate, to remove objectionable (especially sexual or politically sensitive) passages from a text.

noun: expurgation.

See also bowdlerize.

(ek-spuhr-gayt)

To clean up, remove impurities. An expurgated edition of a book has had offensive words or descriptions changed or removed.

IN BRIEF: To remove obscenity or objectionable parts from.

The editor's job was to expurgate any passage deemed inappropriate for young eyes.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - ekspurgere

Nederlands (Dutch)
zuiveren, censureren

Français (French)
v. tr. - expurger

Deutsch (German)
v. - säubern

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εξαγνίζω, αποκαθαίρω, (μτφ.) λογοκρίνω (πριν από δημοσίευση κ.λπ.)

Italiano (Italian)
espurgare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - expurgar, censurar

Русский (Russian)
вычеркивать, смягчать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - expurgar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - expurgera, avlägsna anstötliga inslag från

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
删除, 使纯洁, 修订

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 刪除, 使純潔, 修訂

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - (검열을 통해) 삭제하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 削除する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يمحو, يهذب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮טיהר, צינזר‬

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