expurgation
noun[CorU]
formaluk/ˌek.spəˈɡeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌek.spɚˈɡeɪ.ʃən/theactofremovingpartsof apieceof writing that areconsideredlikelytocauseoffence, or apieceof writing that has hadpartsremovedlike this:
（对文学作品中不当内容的）删减，删改；（文学作品的）删节版Thepublicationnowundergoesagreatdealof expurgation.该出版物现在经历了大量的删改。
Thomas Bowdlerpublishedexpurgations of Shakespeare forfamilyreading.托马斯•鲍德勒出版了供家庭阅读的莎士比亚作品删节版。
See
expurgate
- Theversionof thenovelincirculationfor manyyearswas the expurgation by the author’ssister.
- Theeditorwascriticizedfor thedeliberateexpurgation ofcontentfrom thepublisheddiaries.
- Thejuryheardthestorywith some expurgation.
Removing and getting rid of things
- abandonment
- banish
- be scattered to the four windsidiom
- bin
- castsomeone/somethingaside/away/off
- dumping
- eradication
- erase
- erasure
- evacuate
- evacuation
- exorcism
- fling
- scrape
- shoo
- shrug
- shrugsomethingoff
- shuck
- shucksomethingoff
- sling