censor
[verb]
Synonyms: cut, blue-pencil, bowdlerize, expurgate

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Related Words: cut out, excise, exscind, blue-pencil, delete, edit, red-pencil, bleach, clean (up), purge, purify, narrow, restrain, restrict

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I. cen‧sor¹ /ˈsensə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
someone whose job is to examine books, films, letters etc and remove anything considered to be offensive, morally harmful, or politically dangerous ⇒ censorship

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II. censor² verb [transitive]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: censere; ⇒ census]
to examine books, films, letters etc to remove anything that is considered offensive, morally harmful, or politically dangerous etc ⇒ censorship, ban:
The information given to the press was carefully censored by the Ministry of Defence.

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censor
verb
ADV. heavily The film has been heavily censored.

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