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What (who) is expurgate - definition
Expurgate
![''[[The Family Shakespeare]]'', [[Thomas Bowdler]]'s famous reworked edition of [[William Shakespeare]]'s plays. 1818](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bowdler-title-page.png?width=200 "''[[The Family Shakespeare]]'', [[Thomas Bowdler]]'s famous reworked edition of [[William Shakespeare]]'s plays. 1818")
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Bowdlerization; Bowdlerize; Bowdlerized; Bowdlerise; Expurgated; Bowdlerisation; Bowdlerizing; Bowdlerising; Bowlderize; Bowlderise; Bowlderized; Bowlderisation; Unexpurgated; Bowdlerised; Expurgations; Expurgate; Expurgating; Bowdlerizations; Bowlderization; Fig-leaf edition; Fig Leaf Edition
expurgate
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Bowdlerization; Bowdlerize; Bowdlerized; Bowdlerise; Expurgated; Bowdlerisation; Bowdlerizing; Bowdlerising; Bowlderize; Bowlderise; Bowlderized; Bowlderisation; Unexpurgated; Bowdlerised; Expurgations; Expurgate; Expurgating; Bowdlerizations; Bowlderization; Fig-leaf edition; Fig Leaf Edition
v. a.
Purify, purge, cleanse, free from objectionable matter.
expurgate
FORM OF CENSORSHIP OF ARTISTIC OR OTHER MEDIA WORKS
Bowdlerization; Bowdlerize; Bowdlerized; Bowdlerise; Expurgated; Bowdlerisation; Bowdlerizing; Bowdlerising; Bowlderize; Bowlderise; Bowlderized; Bowlderisation; Unexpurgated; Bowdlerised; Expurgations; Expurgate; Expurgating; Bowdlerizations; Bowlderization; Fig-leaf edition; Fig Leaf Edition
['?ksp?:ge?t]
¦ verb [often as adjective expurgated] remove matter regarded as obscene or unsuitable from (a text).
Derivatives
expurgation noun
expurgator noun
expurgatory ?k'sp?:g?t(?)ri adjective
Origin
C17 (earlier (ME) as expurgation in the sense 'purging of excrement'): from L. expurgat-, expurgare 'cleanse thoroughly'.
Examples of use of expurgate
1. However, experts say that battle to expurgate television is also a throwback to the days of Taliban rule when entertainment was forbidden.