Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
EXPURGATE
bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten
(verb) edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; “bowdlerize a novel”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
expurgate (third-person singular simple present expurgates, present participle expurgating, simple past and past participle expurgated)
(transitive) To edit out (incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information) from a book or other publication; to cleanse; to purge.
(transitive) To undertake editing out incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information from (a book or other publication); to cleanse; to purge.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex"pur*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expurgated(); p. pr. & vb. n. Expurgating().] Etym: [L. expurgatus, p.p. of expurgare to purge, purify; ex out, from + purgare to cleanse, purify, purge. See Purge, and cf. Spurge.]
Definition: To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive, or erroneous; to cleanse; to purge; as, to expurgate a book.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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