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To edit, especially to censor, written documents
To remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
To attempt to persuade without being obvious about it, by understating a position so the listener takes the good points as obvious
To check a written text for errors in spelling and grammar
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To edit, especially to censor, written documents
delete
cancel
kill
dele
elide
strike out
cross out
scratch out
edit out
stroke out
x out
erase
cut
scrub
blot out
take out
remove
annul
put a line through
black out
score out
cut out
blue pencil
wipe out
expunge
ink out
blank out
X-out
cancel out
rub out
eliminate
efface
omit
scrap
obliterate
edit
excise
scratch
squash
rescind
repeal
block out
white out
invalidate
quash
abolish
revoke
abrogate
negate
countermand
void
reverse
nullify
disannul
null
undo
terminate
destroy
trim
strike
drop
render null and void
declare null and void
roll back
render invalid
dissolve
abate
axe
UK
bowdlerize
US
ax
US
obviate
bowdlerise
UK
annihilate
renege
zap
exclude
redact
stamp out
get rid of
strike down
leave out
blank
censor
blot
expurgate
veto
exterminate
retract
withdraw
eradicate
recall
neutralize
US
rebut
rub
trash
nix
knock off
X out
torpedo
bleep
squelch
wash out
clean up
wipe off
root out
chop
sweep away
neutralise
UK
Tippex out
scrape off
repudiate
disallow
vacate
avoid
reject
abnegate
stamp across
vitiate
score through
strike through
scrub out
subtract
shed
renig
call all bets off
do away with
bring to an end
set aside
forget it
cast aside
counteract
countervail
snip
score
unpublish
sterilise
UK
sanitise
UK
decontaminate
rule out
sterilize
US
sanitize
US
pass up
clean
merge
neglect
suppress
ignore
demolish
devastate
conceal
extirpate
desolate
pass over
run together
wreck
extinguish
liquidate
decimate
waste
raze
finish
off
level
total
cover
knock out
sink
obscure
put paid to
wipe off the map
wipe off face of earth
wipe off the face of the earth
finish off
blow to bits
remove all traces of
blow sky-high
shoot down
defeat
smash
KO
ravage
do in
snuff out
destroy root and branch
take apart
mark out
rub off
declare invalid
make void
backpedal
purge
discard
recant
take back
lift
put an end to
call back
cross through
amputate
exsect
exscind
gut
launder
slash
cut up
lop off
scissor out
give the chop
ruin
pulverize
US
shatter
pulverise
UK
cream
wrack
vaporize
US
nuke
crush
tear down
vaporise
UK
end
pull down
slaughter
dispatch
massacre
butcher
overturn
subvert
quell
overthrow
bulldoze
break up
break
stop
murder
overwhelm
wipe from the face of the earth
flatten
upset
slay
whack
ice
put down
execute
blow away
spoil
topple
unbuild
knock down
lay waste
blow up
raze to the ground
mow down
ditch
assassinate
overcome
overpower
subdue
conquer
vanquish
damage
dismantle
snuff
mar
impair
put a stop to
floor
cripple
dispense with
swamp
bring someone to their knees
reduce to ruins
cut down
beat
harm
abort
dump
bomb
subjugate
dilapidate
prostrate
top
stiff
smoke
scrag
call off
silence
trample
crucify
get
knock something on the head
weed out
reduce
strangle
make away with
disrupt
skin
cause the death of
put to death
bring down
bring to ruin
dispose of
end the life of
bump off
take the life of
injure
thwart
hinder
hamper
undermine
stymie
foil
frustrate
discontinue
junk
jettison
overrule
uproot
dash
override
worst
banish
desecrate
sabotage
fell
lick
renounce
crack down on
deracinate
supersede
obstruct
rout
wipe
trounce
best
croak
abjure
mess up
break down
devour
dismiss
disclaim
smite
clobber
tank
master
stuff
screw up
muck up
repress
hammer
bust
thrash
whip
down
blackball
throw out
incinerate
overmaster
whelm
knock to pieces
immolate
lynch
break off
put the kibosh on
leave in ruins
leave desolate
paste
pound
skunk
wallop
steamroll
drub
guillotine
blow to pieces
oppress
marmalize
deck
take
overbear
pommel
overmatch
cane
upend
whitewash
surmount
flog
quelch
slam
shellac
edge
outplay
triumph over
whomp
tan
do to death
wreak havoc on
do for
give someone a drubbing
route
force down
bear down
outrun
prevail over
shipwreck
take to cleaners
lay waste to
take it all
snow under
blow out
walk all over
grind down
make mincemeat of
work over
edge out
run rings around
bear down on
outhit
throw down
entrap
nose out
win a victory over
blow out of the water
clamp down on
do down
outjump
outmaneuver
US
kill off
get around
polish off
get shot of
wipe the floor with
put away
get the better of
outmanoeuvre
UK
take someone's life
give someone a hiding
pip at the post
run roughshod over
lambaste
take to the cleaners
pwn
flax
run rings round
outflank
slap down
plow under
own
ambush
pick apart
overrun
turn inside out
win against
interrupt
attack
kayo
incapacitate
stun
prevent
check
disable
threaten
suspend
block
bollix
renege on
disaffirm
backtrack on
burn
interfere with
go back on
waive
take away
intrude on
carry off
despoil
declare
disassemble
commit genocide
cut a swath through
pillage
tear to pieces
plunder
discharge
get off the hook
burn away
depredate
record over
sack
dynamite
unmake
crash
capsize
spill
batter
scatter
spoliate
send to the gas chambers
give someone the works
ethnically cleanse
send to kingdom come
terminate with extreme prejudice
put to the sword
blow someone's brains out
benothing
take down
abandon
put out
cast out
phase out
drive out
rip down
blow down
cast down
tear up
make desolate
lay low
disown
forswear
call
deny
vandalize
US
counterorder
disfigure
cry off
back out of
tarnish
blemish
deform
sully
scotch
scupper
hurt
blight
bloody
crab
uglify
mutilate
compromise
flaw
endamage
tread
subordinate
chuck
bring under the yoke
put the squeeze on
bring to heel
tread on
unload
prohibit
tag
lose
toss
cashier
disestablish
exorcize
US
exorcise
UK
pitch
inhibit
bin
queer
eject
blow
distort
cross up
vandalise
UK
deface
scar
contort
mangle
misshape
wax
expel
forsake
asphyxiate
garrote
US
garrotte
UK
suffocate
hit
cast
hang
sacrifice
botch
slough
decommission
recycle
crimp
impoverish
craze
cramp
close down
foul up
cut to pieces
put to sleep
retire
louse up
put kibosh on
throw away
shuck off
eighty-six
throw on the scrapheap
consign to scrap heap
fling away
get shut of
lay by
put out to pasture
write off
deep-six
chuck out
fling off
clear out
cast off
slough off
see the back of
chuck away
toss out
make a mess of
put at risk
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
throw a spanner in the works
balls up
blow a hole in
bring to naught
rain on someone's parade
work against
render ineffective
play havoc with
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“Good and true writing no magazine or newspaper editor will
blue-pencil
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Verb
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To remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
bowdlerise
UK
bowdlerize
US
censor
expurgate
clean up
cut
sanitise
UK
sanitize
US
edit
launder
purge
purify
redact
red-pencil
abridge
amend
emasculate
make presentable
delete parts of
make acceptable
make cuts to
make deletions in
make palatable
water down
sterilize
US
delete
bleep
sterilise
UK
scrub
excise
strike out
screen
blip
blue pencil
bleep out
discard
edit out
unpublish
squelch
remove
exscind
make changes to
make cuts in
scissor out
black out
more ❯
Verb
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To attempt to persuade without being obvious about it, by understating a position so the listener takes the good points as obvious
soft-pedal
de-emphasize
downplay
play down
minimise
UK
minimize
US
moderate
underemphasize
underplay
understate
euphemize
hush-hush
mitigate
palliate
shush
subdue
gloss over
tone down
go easy
make light of
make little of
make nothing of
shrug off
set little store by
set no store by
put on the soft pedal
mince words
diminish
soften
underrate
undervalue
trivialize
US
devalue
trivialise
UK
talk down
deemphasize
lessen
whitewash
reduce
minify
brush aside
downgrade
underestimate
misprize
discount
deprecate
weaken
extenuate
hold back
detract from
belittle
sell short
temper
qualify
cheapen
pooh-pooh
hold cheap
mince
minimalize
brush off
make light
dumb down
attach little importance to
give little weight to
think nothing of
give a lower profile
decry
derogate
discredit
denigrate
depreciate
rationalize
US
belie
defame
smooth over
justify
brush something under the carpet
gloze over
sugarcoat
rationalise
UK
explain away
gloss
varnish
vilipend
knock
restrain
lower
rate too low
backbite
take away from
laugh at
detract
devaluate
decrease
subtract from
write off
blister
cut rate
undermine
disesteem
withdraw
dampen
dilute
not do justice to
do an injustice to
modulate
chill out
disparage
dismiss
undersell
underrepresent
underprice
put down
demean
deride
degrade
scorn
criticize
US
trash
vilify
slur
scoff at
malign
disregard
smear
laugh off
treat lightly
dispraise
marginalize
US
marginalise
UK
criticise
UK
take for granted
be wrong about
cry down
dump on
think too little of
take down a peg
demote
treat as unimportant
deflate
underprize
slight
hold in contempt
think little of
fail to appreciate
set too little store by
misjudge
not do justice
underween
look down on
diss
dis
ridicule
slam
mock
pan
rubbish
slate
revile
condemn
abuse
bash
censure
asperse
roast
squash
scorch
rip
squelch
bad-mouth
run down
poor-mouth
trash-talk
drag through the mud
take a swipe at
shoot down
tear down
do a hatchet job on
take down
do down
sneer at
shoot full of holes
pour scorn on
take to pieces
slag off
poor mouth
sour grapes
pull apart
kiss off
cut down to size
hit out at
have a go at
cast aspersions on
pick holes in
cut to the quick
pooh pooh
more ❯
Verb
▲
To check a written text for errors in spelling and grammar
proofread
correct
revise
check
edit
rephrase
analyse
UK
analyze
US
refine
copyedit
rearrange
check over
go over
check through
look over
look through
mark up
remove errors from
spell-check
approve
copy-edit
fly speck
Verb
▲
To change or alter in some way, especially written material
revise
alter
change
modify
amend
revamp
rework
remodel
correct
adjust
recast
edit
adapt
refashion
reorganise
UK
reorganize
US
overhaul
emend
redo
remake
vary
rewrite
redraft
restyle
update
rephrase
upgrade
debug
recalibrate
rescript
rebrand
rehash
redraw
scrub
cut
make over
copy-edit
transform
reshape
reconstruct
redesign
improve
convert
renovate
rejig
tweak
refine
remould
UK
rearrange
rebuild
make adjustments to
make alterations to
remold
US
metamorphose
transfigure
transmute
reorient
reform
reword
tailor
transmogrify
reorientate
mutate
doctor
translate
reorder
interchange
turn
transpose
reshuffle
switch
customize
US
recondition
switch over
rectify
customise
UK
revolutionize
US
permute
transubstantiate
regulate
reconstitute
commute
revolutionise
UK
refurbish
restructure
restore
alchemize
readjust
renew
modulate
make
repair
rejigger
temper
fashion
mold
US
fix
evolve
permutate
morph
fix up
retool
regenerate
appropriate
apply
download
downlink
shake up
reconfigure
mould
UK
do up
tune
modernize
US
mend
rehabilitate
patch
refit
fine-tune
reconcile
moderate
diversify
modernise
UK
develop
shift
redevelop
remix
make different
make changes to
tamper with
fiddle with
do again
qualify
polish
reinvent
retouch
shape
rethink
massage
rationalize
US
makeover
regroup
condition
reproduce
touch up
service
shift gears
realign
rejuvenate
clean up
fettle
tidy up
freshen up
replace
produce new version
set
patch up
warp
rationalise
UK
shuffle
cook
affect
control
fine tune
make innovations
change around
turn around
phony up
turn upside down
say differently
reformat
titivate
fit
redeploy
reschedule
redecorate
suit
square
change the format
optimise
UK
optimize
US
better
re-form
elaborate
diverge
spring-clean
reset
prepare
bend
remap
re-present
metamorphosize
do over
smarten
ameliorate
transmorph
denature
transfer
put
paraphrase
stir up
reuse
smarten up
turn over new leaf
turn the tables
turn the corner
change completely
sing different tune
give a face-lift
remedy
maintain
dial back
go over
restate
return to
uplift
reclaim
sort out
move around
make improvements to
overturn
cure
resolve
retread
tune up
correct mid-course
put differently
check
discuss
reiterate
go back to
repeat
attune
balance
tighten
make better
express differently
bring up to code
alternate
harmonize
US
give facelift
iron out
red-pencil
say again
state differently
redistribute
put another way
put in other words
write over
tone
prepare for publication
jigger
vamp
reallocate
tamper
emendate
review
order
redress
become different
arrange
make a clean sweep
clear out
clean out
break with past
change drastically
cause revolution
inflect
beet
tinker
clout
botch
manipulate
glue
cobble
spetch
ranter
ready
curb
lessen
tone down
play down
restrain
reduce
lower
harmonise
UK
change the line-up of
distort
pervert
forge
fudge
rig
falsify
fake
remaster
piece together
perk up
put back together
make whole
work on
vamp up
make well
disguise
fiddle
misrepresent
interfere with
mess about with
trump up
tinker with
meddle with
digitally remaster
more ❯
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▲
To shorten or abridge written material
trim
shorten
abridge
abstract
condense
abbreviate
clip
crop
digest
summarise
UK
summarize
US
synopsize
truncate
contract
curtail
cut
downsize
prune
reduce
telescope
snip
blue pencil
boil down
put in a nutshell
precis
edit
epitomize
US
encapsulate
précis
epitomise
UK
outline
sketch
give a precis of
give a summary of
give an outline of
give a digest of
give an abstract of
sum up
give a synopsis of
summate
sum
inventory
chop
capsule
minify
cut down
get to the meat
make a long story short
distill
US
distil
UK
decrease
diminish
lessen
shrink
cut back
pare down
slash
compress
pare
limit
dock
whittle down
minimize
US
cut short
lower
minimise
UK
lop
elide
syncopate
make cutbacks in
slim down
narrow
retrench
scale down
bring down
curb
restrict
dwindle
restrain
downscale
roll back
run down
salami-slice
dial down
wind down
taper
recap
mark down
ease
shave
concentrate
moderate
cut off
skim
decrement
drop
axe
UK
tighten
attenuate
round down
ax
US
tone down
taper off
cut back on
drop off
take down
whittle away
make reductions in
bob
ease off
shear
constrict
recapitulate
excerpt
mitigate
get shorter
lighten
consolidate
reprise
brief
make shorter
take up
cut to the bone
eliminate
temper
turn up
quell
abate
alleviate
ebb
compile
couch
relax
decline
downgrade
tighten up
wrap up
whittle
run through
give main points
de-escalate
trim down
trim back
step down
tail off
foreshorten
top
slim
capsulize
deflate
lop off
conflate
waste away
deplete
get rid of
do away with
stop short
take out
cut out
ration
review
assemble
compact
annotate
nutshell
subdue
stifle
inhibit
halt
cramp
control
dent
wane
splice
butcher
retrograde
cipher
US
rehash
dry up
devaluate
impair
sink
erode
take the edge off
depress
weaken
cast down
extenuate
slacken
dilute
amortise
UK
make less
qualify
amortize
US
make smaller
degrade
peter out
slow down
damp down
confine
remove
omit
delete
cut to bone
cypher
UK
rein in
give a rundown of
give the gist of
make a summary of
go over
give the main points of
break off
rein back
hold back
put the brakes on
put a restriction on
put a limit on
take off
more ❯
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