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Answer for the clue "Rewrite badly bewilders character most often seen in Hollywood ", 10 letters:
bowdlerise

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Word definitions for bowdlerise in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel" [syn: bowdlerize , expurgate , castrate , shorten ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
bowdlerise \bowdlerise\ v. same as bowdlerize . Syn: bowdlerize, expurgate, shorten, cut.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (alternative form of bowdlerize English)

Usage examples of bowdlerise.

He does not Bowdlerise who uses pumice to a blot, but he who rubs the copy into holes wherever he can find an honest letter with a downstroke thicker than becomes a fine-nibbed pen.

Lunzie was relieved rather than upset and eventually gave Dondara a bowdlerised description of the events.