ALL meanings of bowdlerize
bowd·ler·ize
B b - verb bowdlerize To bowdlerize a book or film means to take parts of it out before publishing it or showing it. 3
- verb bowdlerize to remove passages or words regarded as indecent from (a play, novel, etc); expurgate 3
- verb transitive bowdlerize to remove passages considered offensive from (a book, play, etc.) 3
- transitive verb bowdlerize expurgate, censor sth 1
- verb with object bowdlerize to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable. 1
- verb bowdlerize To remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly. 0