10
edit(verb, change, cut, remove, develop)
9
delete(verb, change, cut, remove, destroy)
6
cross it off(expression, idiom, changing, correction, expurgation)
6
cut(verb, change, remove, develop, destroy)
5
erase(verb, remove, destroy, exclude, eradicate)
4
cancel(verb, remove, destroy, exclude, eradicate)
4
censor(verb, close, cut, remove, alter)
4
expurgate(verb, cut, remove, suppress, restrict)
3
bowdlerize(verb, cut, remove, suppress, restrict)
3
cross out(verb, expression, remove, destroy, exclude)
3
expunge(verb, remove, destroy, eradicate, obliterate)
3
redact(verb, change, correct, alter, amend)
3
revise(verb, change, correct, alter, amend)
3
strike
3
strike out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, change, cut)
2
abridge(verb, cut, remove, suppress, restrict)
2
amend(verb, change, cut, remove, develop)
2
bleep(verb, cut, remove, destroy, suppress)
2
blot out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, remove, destroy)
2
clean up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, change, cut)
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