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corrects

kəˈrɛkt

verb

put right (an error or fault).

the Council issued a statement correcting some points in the press reports

rectify,put right,set right,right,amend,emend,remedy,redress,cure,square,make good,improve,better,ameliorate,repair,revise,alter,edit,rewrite,redraft,rescript,reword,rework,sort out,clear up,deal with,patch up,clean up,iron out

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correcting

kəˈrɛkt

verb

put right (an error or fault).

the Council issued a statement correcting some points in the press reports

rectify,put right,set right,right,amend,emend,remedy,redress,cure,square,make good,improve,better,ameliorate,repair,revise,alter,edit,rewrite,redraft,rescript,reword,rework,sort out,clear up,deal with,patch up,clean up,iron out

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corrected

kəˈrɛkt

verb

put right (an error or fault).

the Council issued a statement correcting some points in the press reports

rectify,put right,set right,right,amend,emend,remedy,redress,cure,square,make good,improve,better,ameliorate,repair,revise,alter,edit,rewrite,redraft,rescript,reword,rework,sort out,clear up,deal with,patch up,clean up,iron out

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censoring

ˈsɛnsə

verb

examine (a book, film, etc.) officially and suppress unacceptable parts of it.

the report had been censored ‘in the national interest’

cut,delete,delete parts of,redact,make cuts in,blue-pencil,unpublish,examine,inspect,edit,make changes to,make acceptable,expurgate,bowdlerize,sanitize,clean up

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censored

ˈsɛnsə

verb

examine (a book, film, etc.) officially and suppress unacceptable parts of it.

the report had been censored ‘in the national interest’

cut,delete,delete parts of,redact,make cuts in,blue-pencil,unpublish,examine,inspect,edit,make changes to,make acceptable,expurgate,bowdlerize,sanitize,clean up

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bowdlerizing

ˈbaʊdlərʌɪz

verb

remove material that is considered improper or offensive from (a text or account), especially with the result that the text becomes weaker or less effective.

every edition of his letters and diaries has been bowdlerized

expurgate,censor,blue-pencil,cut,edit,redact,make cuts to,delete parts of,make deletions in,purge,purify,sanitize,make presentable,make acceptable,make palatable,water down,emasculate,clean up

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bowdlerizes

ˈbaʊdlərʌɪz

verb

remove material that is considered improper or offensive from (a text or account), especially with the result that the text becomes weaker or less effective.

every edition of his letters and diaries has been bowdlerized

expurgate,censor,blue-pencil,cut,edit,redact,make cuts to,delete parts of,make deletions in,purge,purify,sanitize,make presentable,make acceptable,make palatable,water down,emasculate,clean up

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bowdlerize

ˈbaʊdlərʌɪz

verb

remove material that is considered improper or offensive from (a text or account), especially with the result that the text becomes weaker or less effective.

every edition of his letters and diaries has been bowdlerized

expurgate,censor,blue-pencil,cut,edit,redact,make cuts to,delete parts of,make deletions in,purge,purify,sanitize,make presentable,make acceptable,make palatable,water down,emasculate,clean up

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bowdlerising

ˈbaʊdlərʌɪz

verb

remove material that is considered improper or offensive from (a text or account), especially with the result that the text becomes weaker or less effective.

every edition of his letters and diaries has been bowdlerized

expurgate,censor,blue-pencil,cut,edit,redact,make cuts to,delete parts of,make deletions in,purge,purify,sanitize,make presentable,make acceptable,make palatable,water down,emasculate,clean up

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bowdlerises

ˈbaʊdlərʌɪz

verb

remove material that is considered improper or offensive from (a text or account), especially with the result that the text becomes weaker or less effective.

every edition of his letters and diaries has been bowdlerized

expurgate,censor,blue-pencil,cut,edit,redact,make cuts to,delete parts of,make deletions in,purge,purify,sanitize,make presentable,make acceptable,make palatable,water down,emasculate,clean up

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bowdlerised

ˈbaʊdlərʌɪz

verb

remove material that is considered improper or offensive from (a text or account), especially with the result that the text becomes weaker or less effective.

every edition of his letters and diaries has been bowdlerized

expurgate,censor,blue-pencil,cut,edit,redact,make cuts to,delete parts of,make deletions in,purge,purify,sanitize,make presentable,make acceptable,make palatable,water down,emasculate,clean up

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bowdlerise

ˈbaʊdlərʌɪz

verb

remove material that is considered improper or offensive from (a text or account), especially with the result that the text becomes weaker or less effective.

every edition of his letters and diaries has been bowdlerized

expurgate,censor,blue-pencil,cut,edit,redact,make cuts to,delete parts of,make deletions in,purge,purify,sanitize,make presentable,make acceptable,make palatable,water down,emasculate,clean up

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