expurgate
UK/'ekspә:geit/US
GREC2
Definitions
v.
To remove offensive, obscene, or objectionable material from a book or text
删除（书籍、文本中）不当内容；删订
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedex- (out) + purg (cleanse, from pūrgāre) + -ate (verb) = "to purge out." To clean up a text by driving the offensive parts out of it — cutting passages thought to be indecent or unsuitable.
Root pur still carries 11 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.expurgated edition删订版
- 2.expurgate a text删订文本
- 3.expurgate a passage删除段落
Example Sentences
- 1.
Early editions of the novel were expurgated to remove the bawdy scenes.
- 2.
Censors expurgated any passage that criticized the government.