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Expurgate vs Ex - What's the difference?

expurgate | ex |

As a verb expurgate

is to edit out rude, incorrect, offensive, useless, or otherwise undesirable information from a book, cd or other publication; to cleanse; to purge.

As a noun ex is

ex-girlfriend or ex can be ex-boyfriend.

expurgate

English

Verb

  • To edit out rude, incorrect, offensive, useless, or otherwise undesirable information from a book, CD or other publication; to cleanse; to purge.
  • The publisher decided to expurgate the love scene from the book, to make it more child-friendly.

    Derived terms

    * expurgator * expurgatory * expurgatorious

    See also

    * bowdlerise

    ex

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (colloquial) An ex-husband, ex-wife or ex-partner.
  • She broke up with her ex .

    See also

    *

    Derived terms

    * exray * ex-ray

    Verb

    (es)
  • To delete; to cross out
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