Bowdlerise and Edit

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Bowdlerise

Bowdlerise verb - Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate.

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Edit and bowdlerise are semantically related in activity topic. In some cases you can use "Edit" instead a verb "Bowdlerise", when it comes to topics like clean, clean up.

Edit

Edit verb - To prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating.

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Bowdlerise and edit are semantically related in activity topic. You can use "Bowdlerise" instead a verb "Edit", if it concerns topics such as clean, clean up.

Nearby Words: edited, editing, editor, editable

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Bowdlerise: The 25th anniversary DVD edit out a few well-placed "damn"s, sometimes rather sloppily.

Source: Western Animation / The Last Unicorn
Bowdlerise: The television broadcast edit of the first movie cut out almost the entirety of the 9½ Weeks-inspired foreplay scene.

Source: Film / Hot Shots!
Bowdlerise: The TV edit replaced "sum'bitch," Buford's Catch Phrase, with "scum bum".

Source: Film / Smokey and the Bandit

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Edit and Bowdlerise. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bowdlerise/edit

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