Verb
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cut or eliminate
"she edited the juiciest scenes"
- blue pencil -
cut and assemble the components of
"edit film"
"cut recording tape"
- edit out -
supervise the publication of
"The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years"
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prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
"Edit a book on lexical semantics"
"she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages"