expurgate

🇺🇸 /ˈekspərɡeɪt/ 🇬🇧 /ˈekspəɡeɪt/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags RARE
verb
R

To remove offensive or undesirable material from a text.

The teacher decided to expurgate some of the sensitive content from the book before assigning it for class reading.

translation

v. To remove offensive or undesirable material from a text.

Word Forms

3rd Present expurgates
Past expurgated
Perfect expurgated
Progressive expurgating