blue-pencil

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Verb blue-pencil has 1 sense

edit, blue-pencil, delete - cut or eliminate; "she edited the juiciest scenes"
--₁ is one way to censor
Sample sentence:
They won't blue-pencil the story

Definitions from the Web

Term: Blue-pencil

Description:

Blue-pencil can be used as a verb or a noun. As a verb, it refers to the act of editing or censoring material by marking it with blue pencil or by deleting or revising it. As a noun, it signifies the blue pencil itself, which is a writing instrument typically used for editing or censoring written material.

Sample Sentences:

Verb:

The editor blue-penciled the article to remove any controversial content.
He was asked to blue-pencil all the confidential information before publishing the report.
Please blue-pencil this paragraph to make it more concise.

Noun:

The writer reached for the blue-pencil to mark the sections that needed revisions.
She always carries a blue-pencil in her bag for editing purposes.
The manuscript had numerous blue-pencil markings from the editor's revisions.

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