Authorize and Censor

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Authorize verb - To give official or legal power to.

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Censor is an antonym for authorize.

Censor verb - To remove objectionable parts from.

Usage example: the producers were told that they would have to censor their movie if they wanted a PG rating

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Authorize is an antonym for censor.

attack	authorize attack	censor attack
use	authorize use	censor use

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