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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bowdlerize.

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Examples

  • Notice how he bowdlerizes his own lyrics for Letterman.

    Ch-ch-ch-changes... Ann Althouse 2008

  • This bowdlerizes the record to suggest that Kagan was scrupulously following the law, when she acted in defiance of it until called on it by the military.

    Articles on National Review Online 2010

  • tampers etude brained maternity bowdlerizes humanitarian microprograms matronly exemplary expressive schooling accuse criticized plumb cower countries imbecile accusal imagen boastings evaporation acquaintance counterargument exploitations crimes illegal exerts coup teacher existentialism $RANDO MIZE brakeman ideally adaptable plumes terror terrier plump adumbrate hypothetical anatole cowerers pragmatics ponds boon mechanical exponents popularizes criminals membership brazilian mental melanoma poplar telemetry mightily brains tags scimitar admirable couched

    July 2003 2003

  • tampers etude brained maternity bowdlerizes humanitarian microprograms matronly exemplary expressive schooling accuse criticized plumb cower countries imbecile accusal imagen boastings evaporation acquaintance counterargument exploitations crimes illegal exerts coup teacher existentialism $RANDO MIZE brakeman ideally adaptable plumes terror terrier plump adumbrate hypothetical anatole cowerers pragmatics ponds boon mechanical exponents popularizes criminals membership brazilian mental melanoma poplar telemetry mightily brains tags scimitar admirable couched

    Spam of the Week 2003

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