Cas·trate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Castrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Castrating.]
1. To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter.
2. To cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to expurgate.
My . . . correspondent . . . has sent me the following letter, which I have castrated in some places. --Spectator.
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