Bowdlerize and Edit

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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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Edit is a synonym for bowdlerize in activity topic. In some cases you can use "Edit" instead a verb "Bowdlerize", when it comes to topics like clean, censor, expurgate, clean up.

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

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Bowdlerize is a synonym for edit in activity topic. You can use "Bowdlerize" instead a verb "Edit", if it concerns topics such as clean, clean up.

Nearby Words: edited, editing, editor, editable

work	bowdlerize work	edit work
content	bowdlerize content	edit content

Bowdlerize: On the radio edit of "Sun Daze", "getting laid" in the first verse is edited to "getting paid".

Source: Music / Florida Georgia Line
Bowdlerize: "Drink on It" changes "Man, he sounds like such a prick" to "Man, I'd like to bust his lip" for the radio edit.

Source: Music / Blake Shelton
Bowdlerize: The Radio Disney edit of "Here's To Never Growing Up" is very heavily edited for content, often just removing certain lines outright.

Source: Music / Avril Lavigne

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