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Definition of bowdlerise:
°To remove those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar or adult in nature.
"the bowdlerised version of the text, while free of vulgarity, was also free of flavour"
°(by extension) To remove those parts of a text considered to be damaging to an authority.
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Definition of bowdlerise:
°To remove those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar or adult in nature.
"the bowdlerised version of the text, while free of vulgarity, was also free of flavour"
°(by extension) To remove those parts of a text considered to be damaging to an authority.
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