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verb (v)

• edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate(verb.change)

  Example:
  Bowdlerize a novel.
  

  Synonym:
  bowdlerise, castrate, expurgate, shorten
  

  source: wordnet30
• To expurgate, as a book, by omitting or modifying the parts considered offensive.(verb)

  source: webster1913