expurgateverb [ T usually passive ]
uk/ˈek.spə.ɡeɪt/us/ˈek.spɚ.ɡeɪt/formalto remove parts of a piece of writing that are considered likely to cause offence:
The book was expurgated to make it suitable for children.
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Removing and getting rid of things
- abandon
- banish
- be scattered to the four winds idiom
- bin
- cast sb/sth aside/away/off
- fling sth/sb out
- flush sth out
- fly-tipping
- free sb from/of sth
- haemodialysis
- junk
- pension
- scrap
- shuffle
- throw the baby out with the bathwater idiom
- toss sth aside
- toss sth out
- turf sth out
- unplug
- weed
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expurgated
adjective uk/ˈek.spə.ɡeɪ.tɪd/us/ˈek.spɚ.ɡeɪ.t̬ɪd/
Only an expurgated version of the novel has been published so far.
expurgation
noun [ C or U ] uk/ˌek.spəˈɡeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌek.spɚˈɡeɪ.ʃən/