expurgate vs bowdlerize

expurgate and bowdlerize both are verbs.

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

As verbs, expurgate and bowdlerize are synonyms defined as:

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

Other synonyms of expurgate include bowdlerise, castrate, shorten.

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