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Meanings of
expurgate
in English
Portuguese
expurgar
Catalan
expurgar
Spanish
expurgar
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Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate.
shorten
castrate
bowdlerize
bowdlerise
Portuguese
expurgar
Usage of
expurgate
in English
1
I'll have to
expurgate
it or you'd have a rush of blood to the head, you're so excitable.
2
Why must Northern publishers
expurgate
and emasculate the literature of the world before it is permitted to reach them?
3
In a few months' time those in authority in the French school found that it was not necessary to supervise and
expurgate
her.
4
More often, the versions I found were outdated,
expurgated
,
or badly translated.
5
The plays of Shakespeare are
expurgated
only where necessary for school use.
6
With these
expurgated
it confirms the admirable methods inspired by its unmethodical suggestions.
7
I introduced myself and my companions, and gave him the quick
expurgated
version.
8
Besides that you're a vellum edition of the Feminist Movement with suffrage
expurgated
.
9
It was magnificently composed; the technique was dazzling; but the face had been-well,
expurgated
.
10
Expurgate
that very thought from your mind this very second.
11
Libraries in the conquered countries should be enlarged, not
expurgated
.
12
Free passion, arranged and
expurgated
for the use of schools!
13
By the final edition the stories have been shortened,
expurgated
and overlaid with Christian morals.
14
Do not read a condensed edition of that great commentator; it is like reading
expurgated
Shakespeare.
15
The book was promptly recalled, worked over, toned down, and reissued
"
expurgated
"
in 1892.
16
She was supervised and
expurgated
,
as it were.
Other examples for "expurgate"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
Frequent collocations
expurgate life
Translations for
expurgate
Portuguese
expurgar
abreviar
Catalan
expurgar
Spanish
expurgar
Expurgate
through the time