Expurgate
To remove or cleanse a text of offensive or improper passages, especially by editing or censoring.
verbExpurgate
To remove or cleanse a text of offensive or improper passages, especially by editing or censoring.
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The radio station purged the swearing from many songs because they did not want its bad influence on their young audiences.
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EK-SPUR-GATE
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ex-purge (to make clean or pure)
Remember This
From Latin expurgare meaning 'to purge out, cleanse,' the word is related to purge and purgation; commonly used in publishing to produce a clean edition.
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censor, redact, purge, sanitize, edit
Note
Expurgate is a formal term often used in literary or editorial contexts. It implies removing passages deemed objectionable rather than merely editing for style.
Study Deeper
- The editor decided to expurgate the novel before publication, removing a few gratuitous scenes.
- Many editions of the book were expurgated to remove offensive language for school libraries.
From Latin expurgare 'to purge out, cleanse', from ex- 'out' + purgare 'to purge'; related to the English word purge.
EX-PUR-GATE: Ex out the purg- (purge) to gate (gate) the text for clean reading.
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