blue-pencil (Meaning)
blue-pencil (v)
cut or eliminate
Synonyms & Antonyms of blue-pencil
Synonyms:
- stroke (out)
- censor
- erase
- cross (out)
- edit (out)
- remove
- elide
- strike (out)
- x (out)
- kill
- scratch (out)
Antonyms:
No strong antonyms found.
Synonyms:
- eradicate
- red-pencil
- obliterate
- abbreviate
- crop
- launder
- clean (up)
- expurgate
- efface
- cut
- shorten
- excise
- clip
- expunge
- redact
- dele
- root (out)
- wipe out
- bowdlerize
- rub out
- blot out
- blip
- silence
- repress
- suppress
Antonyms:
No weak antonyms found.
blue-pencil Sentence Examples
- The editor decided to blue-pencil the article to remove any sensitive information.
- She carefully blue-penciled the manuscript to eliminate grammatical errors.
- The manager instructed the secretary to blue-pencil unnecessary sections from the report.
- The author was disappointed when the publisher asked to blue-pencil several paragraphs from her book.
- He used a blue-pencil to mark the passages that needed revision.
- The editor's job was to blue-pencil articles before they went to print.
- She found it challenging to blue-pencil her own work, as she was too attached to the text.
- The teacher encouraged students to blue-pencil their essays before submitting them for grading.
- The lawyer had to blue-pencil sensitive information from the legal document before sharing it with the client.
- The journalist faced backlash when she blue-penciled controversial statements from her interview transcript.
FAQs About the word blue-pencil
cut or eliminate
cancel,delete, stroke (out), censor, erase, cross (out), edit (out),remove, elide, strike (out)
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The editor decided to blue-pencil the article to remove any sensitive information.
She carefully blue-penciled the manuscript to eliminate grammatical errors.
The manager instructed the secretary to blue-pencil unnecessary sections from the report.
The author was disappointed when the publisher asked to blue-pencil several paragraphs from her book.
