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censor

verb [T]
 
 
/ˈsen.sər/ US  /-sɚ/

Definition

to remove anything offensive from books, films, etc., or to remove parts considered unsuitable from private letters, especially ones sent during war or from a prison: The book was heavily censored when first published.Forbidding and banning things
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