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verb

expurgate

edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

In a sentence

Six example sentences with expurgate, each labelled with its topic.

  • Publishers in the 1880s expurgated the novel so heavily that three chapters lost every reference to the sister's first marriage.

    Literature

  • Radio stations expurgate two lines from the chorus, and the silence where the words were is now instantly recognizable.

    Music

  • Court archivists expurgated the ambassador's letters before binding them, leaving neat gaps where his opinions of the queen had been.

    History

  • Studio censors expurgated two scenes from the 1934 release, and the missing footage turned up only in a Prague archive.

    Movies

  • The committee expurgated the report before publication, so pages describing the minister's dinners appear as gray bars.

    Politics

  • Museum trustees expurgated the mural in 1952, painting over two figures that had drawn letters of complaint.

    Art

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