verb
to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous; especially : to expunge objectionable parts from before publication or presentation <an expurgated edition of the letters
Sample Sentences:
They felt it was necessary to expurgate his letters before publishing them.
the newspaper had to expurgate the expletive-laden speech that the criminal made upon being sentenced to life imprisonment.
Usage:
http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill/interpretations/expurgationlibrary
http://www.crockford.com/wrrrld/maniac.html
Paragraph:
On TV, if you hear some words bleeped out, those words have been expurgated. In print, we can expurgate by using dashes ( — — ) or random characters like %&$#. Sometimes we can expurgate just by rewriting something so that the entire sentence with the naughty parts is gone, or by putting it into mild words.
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