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140 entries under verb topic. ×
| blue pencil(expression, close, suppress, withhold) | |
| copyedit | |
| destroy(remove, eradicate, obliterate, erase) | |
| downplay | |
| euphemize(moderate, downplay, underplay) | |
| fade(destroy, eradicate, obliterate, erase) | |
| hush-hush(moderate, downplay, underplay) | |
| mitigate(moderate, downplay, underplay) | |
| moderate(downplay, underplay) | |
| palliate(moderate, downplay, underplay) | |
| play down(expression, phrasal verb, moderate, downplay) | |
| put on the soft pedal(expression, idiom, moderate, downplay) | |
| remove(cut, destroy, obliterate, erase) | |
| remove errors(expression, copyedit, blue-penciled) | |
| scratch out(expression, destroy, fade, eradicate) | |
| shush(moderate, downplay, underplay) | |
| squash(remove, destroy, obliterate, erase) | |
| subdue(moderate, downplay, underplay) | |
| tone down(expression, phrasal verb, moderate, downplay) | |
| white out(expression, destroy, fade, eradicate) |
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