Bowdlerise
Bowdlerise verb - Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate.
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Synonyms for Bowdlerise
Crush and bowdlerise are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Crush" instead a verb "Bowdlerise".
Crush
Crush verb - To cause to become a pulpy mass.
Bowdlerise and crush are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bowdlerise" instead a verb "Crush".
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Devil's Crush demonstrates the following tropes: Bowdlerise: In the North American release, the pentagrams were geometrically altered to become eight-pointed stars.
Source: Video Game / Crush Pinball -
All Girls Want Bad Boys: Regardless of whether you consider Ayumi to be a boy or a girl (see Bowdlerise), Hazuki just had to have a crush on a knife wielding vigilante serial killer.
Source: Anime / Loups=Garous
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Crush and Bowdlerise. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bowdlerise/crush
Bowdlerise & Crush. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/bowdlerise/crush>.
Crush or Bowdlerise. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/bowdlerise/crush.
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