Castrate /(?)/

Cas·trate

Castrate

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.