Synonyms of expurgates

expurgates

verb

present tense third-person singular of expurgate

as in censors

to remove objectionable parts from

the newspaper had to expurgate the expletive-laden speech that the criminal made upon being sentenced to life imprisonment

Synonyms & Similar Words

• censors
• shortens
• bowdlerizes
• edits
• cleans (up)
• deletes
• reviews
• launders
• red-pencils
• cuts (out)
• purges
• guts
• examines
• cleanses
• purifies
• suppresses
• abbreviates
• blue-pencils
• expunges
• blacks out
• excises
• represses
• condemns
• scrutinizes
• silences
• screens
• denounces
• blips
• x's (out)
• bleeps
• censures

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• authorizes
• approves
• sanctions