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Expurgating
- verb - edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"
Expurgation
- noun - the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work
Expurgators
- noun - a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages; "Thomas Bowdler was a famous expurgator"
Expurgatory
- - Serving to purify from anything noxious or erroneous; cleansing; purifying.
Exquisitely
- adverb - in a delicate manner; "finely shaped features"; "her fine drawn body"
Exquisitive
- - Eager to discover or learn; curious.
Exsiccating
- verb - lose water or moisture; "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly"
Exsiccation
- - The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture; state of being dried up; dryness.
Exsiccative
- - Tending to make dry; having the power of drying.