How do you pronounce bowdlerize?

bowdlerize is pronounced as /ˈbaʊdləˌraɪz/.

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bowdlerize

✂️bowdlerize (baudlérize)

verb

/ˈbaʊdləˌraɪz/

supprimer les parties offensantes (supprimer les parties offensantes)

Bow Bowl

Signification

to remove or modify parts of a text considered offensive or inappropriate

Traduction de la signification

supprimer ou modifier les parties d'un texte considérées comme offensantes ou inappropriées

Phrases d'exemple

The editor bowdlerized the novel to make it suitable for children.

L'éditeur a baudelérisé le roman pour le rendre adapté aux enfants.

Synonymes

censor, edit, expurgate, sanitize, redact

Antonymes

preserve, allow, include

Collocations

bowdlerize text, bowdlerize novel, bowdlerize content

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to throw away something that is no longer needed

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to refrain from insisting on or enforcing something, especially a right or claim

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fulminate (protester violemment)

To express strong protest or criticism loudly and forcefully; to explode violently.

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