BOWDLERIZE is validvalid

to remove offensive text [v BOWDLERIZED, BOWDLERIZES, BOWDLERIZING] : BOWDLERIZATION [n], BOWDLERIZER [n]

122,573 of 196,601 in NWL2023·also valid in CSW24

to purge literature of all possibly offensive or morally impure material, also BOWDLERISE [v BOWDLERIZED, BOWDLERIZING, BOWDLERIZES]