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sensuroida — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • censor noun An official who reviews books, films, or other media and removes content considered objectionable or dangerous.
  • redact verb To censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while leaving the remainder.
  • screen noun A flat surface on a device or in a cinema on which images or text are displayed.

Senses

sensuroida is used for these senses in English:

  • bowdlerize (transitive) To remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly.
  • redact (usually, transitive) To censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while leaving the remainder.
  • screen To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing. To hide the facts.

censor — full definition

  1. noun An official who reviews books, films, or other media and removes content considered objectionable or dangerous.
  2. verb To examine and remove or block content judged unsuitable.

redact — full definition

  1. verb To censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while leaving the remainder.
  2. verb To black out legally protected sections of text in a document provided to opposing counsel, typically as part of the discovery process.
  3. verb To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.
  4. verb To draw up or frame a decree, statement, etc.

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