censor

²censor

verb

cen·soredcen·sor·ing\ˈsen(t)-sə-riŋ, ˈsen(t)s-riŋ\

Definition of CENSOR

transitive verb

: to examine in order to suppress or delete anything considered objectionable <censor the news>; also : to suppress or delete as objectionable <censor out indecent passages>

Examples of CENSOR

1. The station censored her speech before broadcasting it.
2. His report was heavily censored.

First Known Use of CENSOR

1882

Related to CENSOR

Synonyms: bowdlerize, clean (up), expurgate, launder, red-pencil

Related Words: cleanse, purge, purify; abbreviate, blue-pencil, edit, shorten; bleep, blip, cut (out), delete, excise, expunge, gut, x (out); black out, repress, silence, suppress; censure, condemn, denounce; examine, review, screen, scrutinize

Near Antonyms: approve, authorize, sanction

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Rhymes with CENSOR

fencer, spencer