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red–pencil
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of RED-PENCIL
1
to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from <the magazine claims that every article is red-penciled by a team of fact checkers before it ever sees the light of print>
2
to remove objectionable parts from <a television script that had been heavily red-penciled in abject surrender to political correctness>
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