Thesaurus / bowdlerize
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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She should not be allowed to disguise and bowdlerize it to suit the unwelcome tastes she had acquired at school.
JOANNA GODDENSHEILA KAYE-SMITH
I have no wish to bowdlerize Sir Richard Steele, his ways and words.
ESSAYSALICE MEYNELL
This is called "expurgating" the book; but people who disapprove often call it to bowdlerize.
STORIES THAT WORDS TELL USELIZABETH O'NEILL
WORDS RELATED TO BOWDLERIZE
- abridge
- black out
- blacklist
- bleach
- bleep
- blue-pencil
- bowdlerize
- clean up
- conceal
- control
- cork
- criticize
- cut
- decontaminate
- delete
- drop the iron curtain
- edit
- examine
- excise
- expurgate
- exscind
- inspect
- launder
- narrow
- oversee
- prevent publication
- purge
- purify
- put the lid on
- refuse transmission
- repress
- restrain
- restrict
- review
- revile
- sanitize
- scissor out
- squelch
- sterilize
- strike out
- supervise communications
- suppress
- withhold
- abridge
- black out
- blacklist
- bleach
- bleep
- blue-pencil
- bowdlerize
- clean up
- conceal
- control
- cork
- criticize
- cut
- decontaminate
- delete
- drop the iron curtain
- edit
- examine
- excise
- expurgate
- exscind
- inspect
- launder
- narrow
- oversee
- prevent publication
- purge
- purify
- put the lid on
- refuse transmission
- repress
- restrain
- restrict
- review
- revile
- sanitize
- scissor out
- squelch
- sterilize
- strike out
- supervise communications
- suppress
- withhold
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.