Bowdlerize
Bowdlerize verb - To remove objectionable parts from.
Usage example: a bowdlerized version of “Gulliver's Travels” that purportedly makes it unobjectionable for children
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Censor
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
Bowdlerize is a synonym for censor in activity topic. You can use "Bowdlerize" instead a verb "Censor", if it concerns topics such as clean, forbid, expurgate, clean up. popular alternative
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Bowdlerize: Some of the console ports, such as the Nintendo 64 games in the series censor the nudity when your monsters returns to human form by giving them underwear.
Source: Video Game / Rampage -
Bowdlerize: All of the home video releases censor the Pastoral Symphony sequence to remove the presence of Sunflower, who is depicted as a very stereotypical african american (rat tail hairs, subservient to another centaur, and being stylized as a donkey instead of a centaurette).
Source: Disney / Fantasia
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