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censor

/ censor /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable
Type of:
official functionary
verb Sense 2
subject to political, religious, or moral censorship
"This magazine is censored by the government"
Type of:
measure evaluate valuate
Kinds of:
edit blue-pencil delete
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 3
forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)
Type of:
outlaw criminalize criminalise
Kinds of:
embargo
Derived:
ban banning forbiddance forbidding prohibition
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Domain:
medium
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
17
Times Searched
3
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official functionary measure evaluate valuate edit blue-pencil delete outlaw criminalize criminalise embargo