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Synonyms for bowdlerise
bowd·lerise
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Princeton's WordNet
bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shortenverb
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"bowdlerize a novel"
Synonyms:
emasculate, alter, neuter, shorten, reduce, cut, abridge, castrate, spay, contract, foreshorten, demasculinise, expurgate, demasculinize, bowdlerize, abbreviate
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