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Meanings of
expurgate
in inglés
portugués
expurgar
catalán
expurgar
español
expurgar
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Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate.
shorten
castrate
bowdlerize
bowdlerise
español
expurgar
Synonyms
Examples for "
shorten
"
shorten
castrate
bowdlerize
bowdlerise
Examples for "
shorten
"
1
RARE-sequences help to
shorten
investigation time, particularly in cases involving the skeleton.
2
A higher spiking concentration made it possible to
shorten
the detection time.
3
Unusually dry winters and higher water consumption could
shorten
this deadline considerably.
4
Hospitals are encouraged to take every effort to
shorten
delay of treatment.
5
I see something is doing in England to
shorten
the apprenticeship system.
1
If introduced, the ban would effectively
castrate
the powerful devices there.
2
The effect was to
castrate
both Shevardnadze and his plans for the pipeline.
3
She's got to throttle back, or she'll
castrate
everything in the domestic niche.
4
Provisional Clinical Opinion For men with CRPC, a
castrate
state should be maintained indefinitely.
5
It's probably because I know how to
castrate
farm animals.
1
She should not be allowed to disguise and
bowdlerize
it to suit the unwelcome tastes she had acquired at school.
2
I cannot, unfortunately,
bowdlerize
the best of these without spoiling them, so I will endeavor to give a few examples of the less forceful.
3
To tell this
bowdlerized
story of her brother was to elevate herself.
4
Not being an adept liar, she continued with a
bowdlerized
version of the facts.
5
He'd already spoken to his editor and told him a slightly
bowdlerized
version of the latest developments.
1
In addition to
"
bowdlerise
,
"
there is "sandwich."
2
Last summer, Stephen Sondheim was reported as suggesting that Walt Disney was set to
bowdlerise
his immaculate deconstruction of fairytale mythos.
3
It might have been
bowdlerised
MacMillan but it had seismic force.
4
It then had to be substantially
bowdlerised
to secure the chance of release in Russia.
5
Roth's fiction has previously been mangled and
bowdlerised
into such unlovely movies as The Human Stain.
Usage of
expurgate
in inglés
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
portugués
expurgar
abreviar
catalán
expurgar
español
expurgar
Expurgate
through the time