blue-pencil

• Verbo que significa editar, censurar ou remover partes de um texto ou documento, frequentemente com um lápis azul.

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.

   Cortar ou eliminar

   • 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.

   Sinônimoscensorcross outcutdeleteeditexciseexpurgateredactstrike