Expurgate meaning
When you edit out the parts of a book you consider to be inappropriate, this is an example of a time when you expurgate. To remove erroneous, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material from (a book, for example) before publication.
How do you use Expurgate in a sentence?
Expurgate in a Sentence ?
- The rapper was told that if he did not expurgate the offensive lyrics from his new song, it would never be played on the radio.
- Although Noah tried very hard to expurgate thoughts of Anna from his mind after the breakup, he still saw her face everywhere.
What does word Expurgate mean?
transitive verb. : to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous especially : to expunge objectionable parts from before publication or presentation an expurgated edition of the letters.
