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expurgate vt. 删除,修订,使纯洁 删除,修订,使纯洁 expurgate v 1: edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; " bowdlerize a novel" [ synonym: { bowdlerize}, { bowdlerise}, { expurgate}, { castrate}, { shorten}] Expurgate \ Ex" pur* gate\ ([ e^] ks" p[ u^] r* g[= a] t or [ e^] ks* p[^ u] r" g[= a] t; 277), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Expurgated} ([ e^] ks` p[ u^] r* g[= a]" t[ e^] d); p. pr. & vb. n. { Expurgating} ([ e^] ks` p[ u^] r* g[= a]" t[ i^] ng).] [ L. expurgatus, p. p. of expurgare to purge, purify; ex out, from purgare to cleanse, purify, purge. See { Purge}, and cf. { Spurge}.] To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive, or erroneous; to cleanse; to purge; as, to expurgate a book. [ 1913 Webster] 50 Moby Thesaurus words for " expurgate": abbreviate, abridge, bleach, blot out, blue- pencil, bowdlerize, cancel, censor, clean, clean out, clean up, cleanse, clear out, cross out, cut, delete, delouse, depurate, deterge, dry- clean, dust, dust off, edit, edit out, erase, expunge, freshen, kill, lustrate, omit, purge, purify, reform, rescind, rub out, scavenge, spruce, steam- clean, strike, strike off, strike out, sweep out, sweeten, tidy, void, whiten, wipe, wipe off, wipe out, wipe up
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