expurgar - translation to English
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expurgar - translation to English


expurgar      
expurgate; bowdlerize
expurgar      
= discard, weed, withdraw, deselect.
Ex: The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.
Ex: It seems to me that the electronic catalog provides the ability to build a file that can, in fact, be easily weeded.
Ex: List and describe the steps involved in withdrawing and disposing of books which are no longer required.
Ex: There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.
expurgar      
to expurgate

Definition

expurgar
verbo trans.
1) Limpiar o purificar una cosa.
2) fig. Mandar la autoridad competente tachar algunas palabras, cláusulas o pasajes de determinados libros o impresos, sin prohibir la lectura de estos.
Examples of use of expurgar
1. A todos les dijo que un psiquiatra le había recomendado expurgar sus demonios escribiendo.
2. Traumas que hay que sumar al original y acaso más importante de todos: el efecto del nazismo en su historia familiar (su madre, que no era judía, murió en Auschwitz; su padre, que sí lo era, sobrevivió), tema que pudo expurgar, en parte, en El pianista.