Censor and Repress

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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

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Repress and censor are semantically related in forbid topic. In some cases you can use "Repress" instead a verb "Censor", when it comes to topics like restrain free speech.

Nearby Words: censure, censored, censorship, censoring, censer

Repress

Repress verb - To put a stop to (something) by the use of force.

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Censor and repress are semantically related in restrain free speech topic. Sometimes you can use "Censor" instead a verb "Repress".

Nearby Words: repression, repressive, repressing

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part	censor part	repress part
number	censor number	repress number
subjects	censor subjects	repress subjects
instances	censor instances	repress instances

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