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
Suppress is a synonym for censor in show topic. In some cases you can use "Suppress" instead a verb "Censor", when it comes to topics like forbid, conceal. popular alternative
Suppress
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| part | censor part | suppress part |
| information | censor information | suppress information |
| movements | censor movements | suppress movements |
Both words in one sentence
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They have a strong lobby in Washington, and have been known to use astroturfing methods in their campaigns to censor and suppress content of which they disapprove.
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This is neither her true form, nor a conventional illusion - instead the veil (which she can suppress with some effort) is a sort of cosmic censor, because her actual appearance is so horrifying that reality itself refuses to accept it.
Source: You Cannot Grasp the True Form -
Weirdness Censor: Muggles can see and interact with magical events, but tend to overlook them, take them for mundane, and/or suppress the memory.
Source: Webcomic / Thunderstruck
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