bowdlerise

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Verb bowdlerise has 1 sense

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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