Verb: expurgate 'ek-spu(r),geyt
- Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
"expurgate a novel";
- bowdlerize, bowdlerise [Brit], castrate, shorten
Derived forms: expurgating, expurgated, expurgates
Type of: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten
Encyclopedia: Expurgate