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
Edit is a synonym for censor in activity topic. In some cases you can use "Edit" instead a verb "Censor", when it comes to topics like clean, forbid, clean up. popular alternative
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Getting Crap Past the Radar: Ross' constant use of GFY is his way of swearing at the other sirs without actually saying it (which also means less censor bleeping for Trott to edit in).
Source: Lets Play / HAT Films -
The radio edit of Tenacious D's "Fuck Her Gently" uses censor sounds that get sillier as the song progresses.
Source: Sound Effect Bleep - The radio edit of "Get Your Hands Off My Woman" by The Darkness does at least censor the word "motherfucker", but lets the only slightly less offensive word "cunt" go.
Source: Radar / Music
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Edit and Censor. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/censor/edit
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