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"erasing", "expunging", "obliterating", "rooting (out)", "rubbing out", "wiping out", "bleeping", "blipping", "clipping", "cutting", "excising", "removing", "bowdlerizing", "censoring", "cleaning (up)", "expurgating", "laundering", "redacting", "red-penciling", "abbreviating", "cropping", "shortening", "blacking out", "repressing", "silencing", "suppressing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "edition":{ "as in sheet , supplement":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "broadside", "extra", "sheet", "supplement", "tab", "tabloid", "pictorial", "slick", "newsletter", "newsmagazine", "newsweekly", "fanzine", "digest", "little magazine", "annual", "bimonthly", "biweekly", "daily", "monthly", "quarterly", "semimonthly", "semiweekly", "triweekly", "weekly", "yearbook", "book", "bulletin", "diurnal", "gazette", "journal", "mag", "magazine", "newspaper", "organ", "paper", "periodical", "rag", "review", "serial", "zine" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] 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