Synonyms of the word

blue-pencil

• v. (transitive) To edit, especially to censor, written documents.
• v. (politics, slang) To use a line-item veto.

censor

• n. (historical) A Roman magistrate, originally a census administrator, by Classical times a high judge of…
• n. An official responsible for the removal of objectionable or sensitive content.
• n. One who censures or condemns.
• n. (psychology) A hypothetical subconscious agency which filters unacceptable thought before it reaches the…
• v. (transitive) To review in order to remove objectionable content from correspondence or public media, either…
• v. (transitive) To remove objectionable content.

delete

• v. To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer.
• n. (computing) A deletion.
• n. (uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of Delete.
• n. (recorded entertainment industry) A remainder of a music or video release.

edit

• n. A change to the text of a document.
• n. (computing) A change in the text of a file, a website or the code of software.
• v. To change a text, or a document.
• v. (transitive) To be the editor of a publication.
• v. (computing) To change the contents of a file, website, programme etc.
• v. (biology) To alter the DNA sequence of a chromosome; to perform gene splicing.
• v. To alter a film by cutting and splicing frames.