expurgator
Removes offensive passages
An expurgator is someone who removes objectionable or offensive material from a text—censoring passages deemed inappropriate for certain audiences.
The term often carries a negative connotation, suggesting overzealous or prudish editing: The expurgators stripped all the bawdy humor from the medieval tales.
Related to expurgate and expurgation.
Remove objectionable content
- redactConceal text for secrecy
- suppressForcibly put an end to
- expungeDelete entirely, officially
- exciseRemove by cutting
delete · censor · sanitize · remove · omit · strike · blackout · prudery
One who corrects texts
- copyeditorPublication text corrector
- redactorOne who revises texts
- abridgerOne who shortens texts
- reviserOne who edits text
editor · manuscript · publishing · corrections · revisions · markup · copyediting · text
bowdlerize
Remove objectionable content
excise · delete · censor · sanitize · remove · omit · strike · blackout · prudery · morality
proofreader
One who corrects texts
- copyeditorPublication text corrector
- redactorOne who revises texts
- abridgerOne who shortens texts
reviser · editor · manuscript · publishing · corrections · revisions · markup · copyediting · text · emendation
cleanse
Remove dirt or sin
filter · distill · clarify · decontaminate · scrub · polish · whitewash · launder · disinfect · sterilize
expurgatorrestorer
One who repairs
preserver · compiler · anthologist · archivist · curator
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