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Definition of "expurgated" [expurgated]

  • Having had erroneous, obscene, or other objectionable material removed. (adjective)
  • Simple past tense and past participle of expurgate. (verb)

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Use "expurgated" in a sentence
  • "So I looked it up in Culhane's book Talking Animals and Other People and there on pages 119-121 we read about Culhane's amazement to see his name expurgated from the film, while his assistant Tate was credited instead."
  • "They showered me with advice as to my future conduct, and overhauled my clothes to see that no incriminating garment found its way into that which Bessie called my "expurgated" wardrobe."
  • "Comparing the Idylls of the King with Malory's book, we are irresistibly reminded of certain Catholic books of devotion "expurgated" or "adapted" for members of the Church of"
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