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expurgatory

expurgatory adjective: serving to expurgate.

Adjective

expurgatory (not comparable)

  1. Serving to expurgate.

Questions about expurgatory

What does expurgatory mean?
Expurgatory means serving to expurgate.
What part of speech is expurgatory?
Expurgatory is an adjective.

Words near expurgatory in the dictionary

  1. expurgations
  2. expurgative
  3. expurgator
  4. expurgatorial
  5. expurgators
  6. expurgatory
  7. expurge
  8. expurged
  9. expurges
  10. expurging
  11. expwy

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