Word

bowdlerize, v.
(bowdlerized, bowdlerizes, bowdlerizing)

edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
<verb.change>

bowdlerise bowdlerize castrate expurgate shorten

sample sentences

"bowdlerize a novel"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
They won't %s the story

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
They won't %s the story

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
They won't %s the story

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
They won't %s the story

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

bowdlerization bowdlerization bowdlerizer

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

bowdlerisation bowdlerisation bowdleriser Bowdler

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

expurgation expurgator

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

shorten, abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, cut, contract, reduce