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Answer for the clue "Bimbo extremely lewd, perhaps come up and use a figleaf ", 10 letters:
bowdlerise

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Word definitions for bowdlerise in dictionaries

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

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

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

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.