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bowdlerize

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bowdlerize /ˈbaʊdlərʌɪz/ (or bowdlerise /ˈbaʊdlərʌɪz/)

▶verb remove from (a text) material regarded as improper or offensive.

– derivatives
bowdlerism noun,
bowdlerization noun.

– origin C19: from the name of Dr Thomas Bowdler, who published an expurgated edition of Shakespeare.

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