EXPURGATE

Expurgate v. to remove vulgar or objectionable material

**Sentence**: The townspeople in //The Scarlet Letter// want to **expurgate** Hester's sinful past from the public consciousness.


 * Synonyms: ** censor; bowdlerize; sanitize


 * Antonyms: ** N/A

The censorship people tried to expurgate the objectionable things from the book.

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