What is another word for bowdlerise?
Pronunciation: [bˈə͡ʊdə͡lɹˌa͡ɪz] (IPA) 
Bowdlerise, which means to censor or remove sensitive or offensive material, has several synonyms. One of them is to sanitize, which means to clean up or remove the unpleasant or unwanted parts of something. Another synonym is to expurgate, which means to remove objectionable content from a text or publication. The word redact is also a synonym for bowdlerise and means to edit or censor a document or publication. Other synonyms for bowdlerise include purify, clean up, scrub, and whitewash. All of these words describe the process of removing unwanted or sensitive content from an original text or document.
