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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate;
- Example: "bowdlerize a novel"
[syn: bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

bowdlerise \bowdlerise\ v. same as bowdlerize. Syn: bowdlerize, expurgate, shorten, cut. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bowdlerise v 1: edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel" [syn: bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten]