expurgate

Related to expurgate: unexpurgated

expurgate (something) from (something)

To remove content that may be deemed objectionable from something, such as a book or show. I'm sure they've expurgated all the racy scenes from the movie if they're showing it on basic cable.
See also: expurgate
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

expurgate something from something

to cleanse something by removing something. (Often refers to editing objectionable material from written or broadcast material.) They expurgated the most graphic passages from the novel. We will expurgate the offensive matter from the article.
See also: expurgate
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • expurgate (something) from (something)
  • expurgate from
  • bad penny, always turns up (comes back) like a
  • turn up like a bad penny
  • be laughing all the way to the bank
  • oughtta
  • there ought to be a law
  • There ought to be a law!
  • there oughta be a law
  • no-no
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