11
edit(verb, cut, remove, suppress, restrict)
11
expurgate(verb, cut, show, hurt, remove)
10
censor(verb, show, remove, examine, ban)
7
purge(verb, cut, remove, suppress, restrict)
6
bowdlerise(verb, clean up)
6
castrate
6
expunge
6
shorten
5
clean
4
cut(verb, remove, suppress, restrict, withhold)
3
bleach(verb, cut, remove, suppress, restrict)
3
blue-pencil(verb, cut, remove, suppress, restrict)
3
clean up(verb, expression, cut, remove, suppress)
3
delete(verb, cut, remove, suppress, restrict)
3
erase
3
sanitize(verb, cut, remove, suppress, restrict)
3
strike
2
edit out
2
purify(verb, cut, remove, suppress, restrict)
2
sanitise
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