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blue pencil

see definition of blue pencil

as incensorship

as innullify
as inobliterate
as inproofread
as inrevise
as inshorten
as intrim
as invoid
as insoft-pedal
as incensor
as incondense
as indelete
as inedit
as inefface
as inerase
as inexcise
as inexpunge
as inexpurgate
as inabridge

Example Sentences for blue pencil

These letters or numbers are best inserted with soft red or blue pencil.

The cashier was confident that his initials in blue pencil on the counterfoil were genuine.

So he took the blue pencil and scribbled that sentence on the back of it.

The stub of his blue pencil had not figured out a contingency like this.

Owing to the loss of my blue pencil, our flag has had to adopt ...

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Synonyms for blue pencil

noun forbiddance; ban

blackout
restriction
suppression
bowdlerization
control
forbidding
blue pencil
hush up
infringing on rights
iron curtain
thought control

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Antonyms for blue pencil

approval
compliment
encouragement
endorsement
praise
recommendation
sanction

More words related to blue pencil

abridge

verb. shorten

abbreviate
abstract
blue pencil
chop
clip
compress
concentrate
condense
contract
curtail
cut
decrease
digest
diminish
downsize
lessen
limit
narrow
put in nutshell
reduce
restrict
slash
snip
summarize
trim
truncate

abridged

verb. shorten

abbreviate
abstract
blue pencil
chop
clip
compress
concentrate
condense
contract
curtail
cut
decrease
digest
diminish
downsize
lessen
limit
narrow
put in nutshell
reduce
restrict
slash
snip
summarize
trim
truncate

censorship

noun. forbiddance; ban

blackout
blue pencil
bowdlerization
control
forbidding
hush up
infringing on rights
iron curtain
restriction
suppression
thought control

condense

verb. abridge

abbreviate
blue pencil
boil down
chop
coagulate
compact
compress
concentrate
constrict
contract
curtail
cut
cut down
decoct
densen
digest
edit
encapsulate
epitomize
inventory
precipitate
press together
précis
put in a nutshell
reduce
shorten
shrink
snip
solidify
sum
summarize
summate
synopsize
telescope
thicken
trim

condensing