Word of the Day – Expurgate

Expurgate (verb)

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Remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from (a text or account).

Early 17th century (and used in the sense purge of excrement): from Latin expurgat- thoroughly cleansed; so this literally means to remove the sh*t from a piece of writing.

Example sentences

“As we drew closer to World War Two here, he actually withdrew the book – I mean it was expurgated.”

“Merely expurgating bigoted speech did not and could not address the underlying problem.”