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cen·sor
 censor
- pronunciation:
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- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
an official who examines written works, films, plays, and the like in order to delete parts that are considered objectionable on political, moral, or other grounds.
During the war, military censors prevented publication of news reports that might hurt the war effort.- synonyms:
- expurgator
- similar words:
- inspector
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| definition 2: |
anyone who exercises authorizing control over information or ideas.
The film was banned by the censors.- similar words:
- big brother, secret police
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| definition 3: |
one who examines personal correspondence of soldiers or prisoners in order to delete information considered a threat to security or propriety.
All references to his whereabouts were deleted by the censors. |
| definition 4: |
a critic or detractor.
She feared his reaction as he was her harshest censor.- synonyms:
- critic, detractor
- similar words:
- faultfinder
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| related words: |
critic |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
censored, censoring, censors |
| definition 1: |
to examine and control the content of.
This channel censors the films it airs on television so that there is no offensive language.- similar words:
- edit, examine, gag, inspect, police, scrutinize
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| definition 2: |
to delete or omit (part of a written text or other medium) as a censor.
The sexual scenes were censored from the film.- synonyms:
- bleep, blip, bowdlerize, clean up, edit out, expurgate
- similar words:
- blue-pencil, cross out, cut out, delete, emend, excise, omit, purge, screen, suppress
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| related words: |
expurgate, muzzle |
| derivation: |
censorable (adj.) |
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