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bowdlerise
 
Verb bowdlerise has 1 sense
  1. bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten - edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"
    --1 is one way to abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
    Derived forms: noun bowdlerisation1, noun bowdlerisation2, noun Bowdler1
    Sample sentence:
    They won't bowdlerise the story
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