EXPURGATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does expurgate mean? • EXPURGATE (verb)
The verb EXPURGATE has 1 sense:
1. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
Familiarity information: EXPURGATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EXPURGATE (verb)
Meaning:
Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
bowdlerise; bowdlerize; expurgate; castrate; shorten
Context example:
bowdlerize a novel
Hypernyms (to "expurgate" is one way to...):
abbreviate; abridge; contract; cut; foreshorten; reduce; shorten (reduce in scope while retaining essential elements)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They won't expurgate the story
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