1. removing objectionable or offensive material from a book, text, or other work
Usage: present participle of expurgate

Examples

• The editor was expurgating the manuscript to make it suitable for younger readers.
• They spent weeks expurgating the historical documents before publication.
• The committee is expurgating all inappropriate content from the textbook.
• She objected to expurgating the author’s original work.
• The publisher insisted on expurgating several controversial passages.
• Expurgating classic literature remains a contentious issue in education.