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Thesaurus: expurgate

To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive, or erroneous; to cleanse; to purge; as, to expurgate a book.

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  1. v. t. To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive, or erroneous; to cleanse; to purge; as, to expurgate a book.
  2. v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
  3. To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive, or erroneous; to cleanse; to purge; as, to expurgate a book.
  4. To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive, orerroneous; to cleanse; to purge; as, to expurgate a book.
  5. v edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate