censored

[sen-ser]

cen·sor

[sen-ser]
noun
1.
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
2.
any person who supervises the manners or morality of others.
3.
an adverse critic; faultfinder.
4.
(in the ancient Roman republic) either of two officials who kept the register or census of the citizens, awarded public contracts, and supervised manners and morals.
5.
(in early Freudian dream theory) the force that represses ideas, impulses, and feelings, and prevents them from entering consciousness in their original, undisguised forms.
verb (used with object)
6.
to examine and act upon as a censor.
7.
to delete (a word or passage of text) in one's capacity as a censor.

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Censored is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.

Origin:
1525–35; < Latin cēnsor, equivalent to cēns(ēre) to give as one's opinion, recommend, assess + -tor -tor; -sor for *-stor by analogy with derivatives from dentals, as tōnsor barber (see tonsorial)

cen·sor·a·ble, adjective
cen·so·ri·al [sen-sawr-ee-uhl, -sohr-] , cen·so·ri·an, adjective
an·ti·cen·so·ri·al, adjective
non·cen·sored, adjective
o·ver·cen·sor, verb (used with object)
EXPAND
pre·cen·sor, verb (used with object)
re·cen·sor, verb (used with object)
un·cen·sor·a·ble, adjective
un·cen·sored, adjective
COLLAPSE

censer, censor, censure, sensor.
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censored

adjective
suppressed or subject to censorship; "the censored press in some countries" [ant: uncensored
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