expurgate vs bowdlerise

expurgate and bowdlerise both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
expurgate	No	No	Yes	No
bowdlerise	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, expurgate and bowdlerise are synonyms defined as:

expurgate and bowdlerise: edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

Other synonyms of expurgate include bowdlerize, castrate, shorten.

expurgate (verb)	bowdlerise (verb)
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate	edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate