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expurgate

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
expurgate /ˈɛkspəːgeɪt/

▶verb (often as adj. expurgated) remove matter regarded as obscene or unsuitable from (a text).

– derivatives
expurgation noun,
expurgator noun,
expurgatory /ɛkˈspəːgət(ə)ri/ adjective.

– origin C17 (earlier (ME) as expurgation in the sense ‘purging of excrement’): from L. expurgat-, expurgare ‘cleanse thoroughly’.

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