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expurgate

verbCommon GRE wordMore E words

to remove objectionable material from a text before publication

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Expurgate in a sentence

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The editors expurgated the passages deemed too scandalous for readers.

Synonyms
censorbowdlerizesanitize
Antonyms
restoreinclude

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The historian argued that the empire's collapse was not blank but the predictable outcome of decades of fiscal mismanagement that contemporaries had simply refused to acknowledge.

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Expurgate (verb) means to remove objectionable material from a text before publication
Here is expurgate used in an example sentence: "The editors expurgated the passages deemed too scandalous for readers."
Common synonyms for expurgate include censor, bowdlerize, sanitize.
Antonyms of expurgate include restore, include.
Expurgate is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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