- Types Of Speech
- You can use expurgate as a verb in a sentence.
- About Expurgate
- A 3 syllables verb and 9 letters with the letters a, e, g, p, r, t, u, and x, 5 consonants, 4 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letter r. Expurgate starts with and ends with a vowel with the starting letters e, ex, exp, expu, expur, and the ending characters are e, te, ate, gate, rgate, ..
- Definition
- Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"
- Origin/Roots
- Latin
- School Grade
- Expurgate is set as a sat word that starts with e, ends with e, 3 syllables, 4 vowels and 9 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Expurgate in Pig Latin is said as "expurgateay or expurgateway".
- Unigram
- e | x | p | u | r | g | a | t | e
- Bigram
- ex | xp | pu | ur | rg | ga | at | te
- Trigram
- exp | xpu | pur | urg | rga | gat | ate
- Quadrigram
- expu | xpur | purg | urga | rgat | gate
- Word Gram
Synonym | Definition |
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Abate | become less in amount or intensity "The storm abated" "The rain let up after a few hours" |
Abbreviate | shorten "Abbreviate `New York'' and write `NY''" |
Abrade | strike against an object "She stubbed her one''s toe in the dark and now it''s broken" |
Abridge | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements "The manuscript must be shortened" |
Abstract | a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person" |
Abstraction | a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples |
Add | a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders |
Add Together | |
Add Up | |
Annihilate | kill in large numbers "the plague wiped out an entire population" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Expurgate
Anagram | Definition |
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Expurgate | edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate "bowdlerize a novel" |
View English words with the unique letters used in expurgate. Words With The Letters Aegprtux
Word | Definition |
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Bowdler | English editor who in 1818 published an expurgated edition of the works of Shakespeare (1754-1825) |
Bowdlerisation | the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent |
Bowdlerization | the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent |
Castration | the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work |
Expurgation | the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work |
Thomas Bowdler |
Word | Definition |
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Abbreviate | shorten "Abbreviate `New York'' and write `NY''" |
Abridge | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements "The manuscript must be shortened" |
Contract | a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid |
Cut | an unexcused absence from class "he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class" |
Foreshorten | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements "The manuscript must be shortened" |
Reduce | take off weight |
Shorten | edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate "bowdlerize a novel" |
Expurgate Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With E
- Ends With E
- Spelled With / Contains Letters