Expurgate
Expurgate verb - To remove objectionable parts from.
Usage example: the newspaper had to expurgate the expletive-laden speech that the criminal made upon being sentenced to life imprisonment
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Excise and Expurgate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/expurgate/excise
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