Synonyms of expurgating

expurgating

verb

present participle of expurgate

as in censoring

to remove objectionable parts from

the newspaper had to expurgate the expletive-laden speech that the criminal made upon being sentenced to life imprisonment

Synonyms & Similar Words

• censoring
• shortening
• editing
• bowdlerizing
• deleting
• reviewing
• laundering
• cleaning (up)
• purging
• cutting (out)
• red-penciling
• examining
• suppressing
• cleansing
• purifying
• excising
• expunging
• abbreviating
• repressing
• gutting
• condemning
• silencing
• screening
• scrutinizing
• bleeping
• denouncing
• blue-penciling
• censuring
• blipping
• blacking out
• x'ing (out)
• x-ing (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• authorizing
• approving
• sanctioning