expurgate

expurgate is a 9-letter English word with 2 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive, or erroneous; to cleanse; to purge; as, to expurgate a book. Face value is 19 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 19 · Words With Friends 22 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive, or erroneous; to cleanse; to purge; as, to expurgate a book.
2. verb. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

   "bowdlerize a novel"

   Synonyms: bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, shorten

Synonyms

bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, shorten

Common word forms

expurgated, expurgates, expurgating

Words from these letters

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