schwärzen — meaning in English

English meaning

• blacken verb To make something black or turn black.
• redact verb To censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while leaving the remainder.

Senses

schwärzen is used for these senses in English:

• blacken (transitive, causative) To make dirty.
• redact (usually, transitive) To censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while leaving the remainder.

blacken — full definition

1. verb To make something black or turn black.
2. verb To damage someone's reputation; to defame.
3. verb To cook fish or meat by coating it in spices and searing it quickly in a hot pan.

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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