✂️expurgate (ékspurgéit)

verb
/ˈekspərˌɡeɪt/
expurger (expurger)

Signification

To remove offensive or objectionable parts from a text or speech.
Traduction de la signification
Supprimer les parties offensantes ou inappropriées d’un texte ou discours.
supprimer les parties offensantes ou inappropriees d’un texte ou discours

Phrases d'exemple

The publisher decided to expurgate the novel before reprinting it.

L’éditeur a décidé d’expurger le roman avant de le réimprimer.
lediteur a decide de expurger le roman avant de le reimprimer

Synonymes

censor, edit, cleanse, purify, bowdlerize

Antonymes

include, allow, permit

Collocations

expurgate text, expurgate edition, expurgate passage

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