Definition of expurgation - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, feminine

texte

Rare

action de corriger un texte en supprimant les passages choquants

Rare

L'expurgation de ce livre a permis sa publication pour les jeunes.

censure

épuration

foresterie

TECH.

action d'éclaircir une forêt en retirant certains arbres

TECH.

L'expurgation de cette futaie favorisera la croissance des autres arbres.

éclaircissement

élagage

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Origin of expurgation

latin, expurgatio (purification)

Examples of expurgation in a sentence

Après expurgation, le roman a perdu plusieurs chapitres.
L'expurgation régulière maintient la santé de la forêt.
Après l'expurgation, la biodiversité a augmenté.

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English:expurgation, thinning, ...
German:Expurgation, Durchforstung, ...
Italian:espurgazione, diradamento, ...
Spanish:expurgación, clareo, ...
Portuguese:expurgação, desbaste, ...
Chinese:删节, 疏伐, ...
Japanese:削除修正, 間伐, ...
Arabic:تنقيح, تخفيف الغابة, ...
Hebrew:הַשְׁמָטָה, דִּלּוּל יַעַר, ...
Russian:экспургация, прореживание, ...
Ukrainian:експургація, проріджування, ...
Catalan:expurgació, clareig, ...
Danish:ekspurgation, udtynding, ...
Dutch:tekstredactie, bosverjonging, ...
Greek:εξαγνισμός, αραίωση, ...
Hungarian:cenzúrázás, gyérítés, ...
Khmer:ការលុបកាត់អត្ថបទ, ការកាត់ដើមឈើខ្លះចេញដើម្បីធ្វើឱ្យព្រៃស្រាល, ...
Korean:정화, 솎아베기, ...
Polish:ekspurgacja, przerzedzanie, ...
Portuguese (BR):expurgação, desbaste, ...
Romanian:expurgare, rărire, ...
Swedish:censur, gallring, ...
Thai:การตัดทอนเนื้อหา, การโปร่งป่า, ...
Turkish:sansürleme, seyreltme, ...
Vietnamese:sự kiểm duyệt, việc tỉa thưa, ...

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