"expurgated" in the verb sense
1. bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
"bowdlerize a novel"
"expurgated" in the adjective sense
1. expurgated
having material deleted
"at that time even Shakespeare was considered dangerous except in the expurgated versions"
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