Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb expurgate

1 sense of expurgate

Sense 1
bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten -- (edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel")
       => abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce -- (reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened")

Antonyms of adj expurgated

1 sense of expurgated

Sense 1
expurgated -- (having material deleted; "at that time even Shakespeare was considered dangerous except in the expurgated versions")

INDIRECT (VIA censored) -> uncensored -- (not subject to censorship; "uncensored news reports")

Similarity of adj expurgated

1 sense of expurgated

Sense 1
expurgated -- (having material deleted; "at that time even Shakespeare was considered dangerous except in the expurgated versions")
       => censored (vs. uncensored) -- (suppressed or subject to censorship; "the censored press in some countries")