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Expurgator

One who expurgates or purifies

Expurgation, the act of purging or cleansing, as where a book is published without its obscene passages.

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having material deleted of books as at that time even Shakespeare was considered dangerous except in the expurgated versions

The act of expurgating purging or cleansing purification from anything noxious offensive sinful or erroneous

To purge away

To expurgate as a book by omitting or modifying the parts considered offensive to remove morally objectionable parts said of

Tending or serving to expurgate expurgatory

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