blue-pencil

• Verbe signifiant éditer, censurer ou supprimer des parties d'un texte ou d'un document, souvent avec un crayon bleu.

A verb meaning to edit, censor, or delete parts of a text or document, often with a blue pencil.

1. Cut or eliminateC1formal

   To edit, censor, or remove parts of a text or document, often by marking them out.

   Supprimer en biffant

   • The editor blue-penciled several paragraphs from the article.
   • The committee decided to blue-pencil the controversial sections.
   • She carefully blue-penciled any offensive language in the manuscript.

   Synonymescensorcross outcutdeleteeditexciseexpurgateredactstrike