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bowdlerise

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  1. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
    bowdlerize a novel

How To Use bowdlerise In A Sentence

  • They were not published until 1813 and a full, though bowdlerized, edition waited until 1898.
  • I have been obliged to bowdlerise the exact words he used.
  • The censorship requirements of 1973 network television further bowdlerized the material. Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat
  • Who is anyone to expurgate or bowdlerize the word of God? Lionel: Obama in Cairo: The Immutable Sapience of the Good Book(s)
  • I want to do a very quick and inevitably glib and bowdlerised bit of history before coming to my point.
  • And she says those who "bowdlerise" children's literature do have good intentions, but they are missing the cultural and historical point of nursery rhymes and fairytales. Latest News - Yahoo!7 News
  • I bowdlerize the comment, which concluded with a request that I spare him further examples of local superstition, a subject with which he was only too well acquainted. The Curse of the Pharaohs
  • Thinking to sink HMS Telegraph, the House of Commons this morning fired off an Exocet missile in the form of publishing its own thoroughly bowdlerized version of their expenses. Expenses: The Commons Exocets Itself
  • The first intimations of serious trouble came from Trieste, where the censors savagely bowdlerised Stiffelio 1850.
  • The Live 8 solution of 2005 was designed not to get us to send in our money to bowdlerise Mr. Geldof, but to raise awareness and educate the public. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
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