BOWDLERIZE in a Sentence

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After the film editors finished to bowdlerize the language in the script, the motion picture's rating was changed from "R" to "PG.".

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 Meanings and Examples of BOWDLERIZE
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bowdlerize
 v.  edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
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1  After the film editors finished to bowdlerize the language in the script, the motion picture's rating was changed from "R" to "PG.".