expurgates
Removes offensive passages
Expurgates means removes objectionable or offensive material from a text before publication.
A publisher might expurgate passages deemed too sexual or violent for younger readers.
The practice suggests censorship or sanitizing: The studio expurgates scripts to avoid controversy.
The noun is expurgation; the adjective expurgated describes the cleaned-up result.
Remove objectionable content
- redactConceal text for secrecy
- censorOne who suppresses content
- suppressForcibly put an end to
- sanitizeCleanse of pathogens
proscribe · ban · forbid · blacklist · expunge · silence · restrict · taboo
Remove dirt or sin
- sanitizeCleanse of pathogens
- refineRemove impurities from
- distillPurify through vaporization
- filterPorous separation device
sift · clarify · winnow · separate · eliminate · remove · impurity · contamination
Altering to improve
- amendingModifying to improve
- correctingMaking accurate again
- emendingCorrecting textual errors
- proofreadingChecking text for mistakes
copyediting · redacting · excising · deleting · removing · cutting · striking · abridging
bowdlerize
Remove objectionable content
sanitize · proscribe · ban · forbid · blacklist · expunge · silence · restrict · taboo · morality
cleanse
Remove dirt or sin
filter · sift · clarify · winnow · separate · eliminate · remove · impurity · contamination · corruption
revising
Altering to improve
- amendingModifying to improve
- correctingMaking accurate again
- emendingCorrecting textual errors
proofreading · copyediting · redacting · excising · deleting · removing · cutting · striking · abridging · shortening