censor (noun)
111bleep — /blip / (say bleep) verb (i) 1. to emit a high pitched broken sound, or a radio signal. –noun 2. a single short high pitched sound. 3. (euphemistic) (a word used to indicate an offensive word which has been censored): what the bleep does she… …
112Cato — /ˈkeɪtoʊ/ (say kaytoh) noun 1. Marcus Porcius /ˈpɔʃiəs/ (say pawsheeuhs) ( Cato the Elder , the Censor ), 234–149 BC, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer. 2. his great grandson, Marcus Porcius ( the Younger ), 95–46 BC, Roman statesman, soldier …
113censorious — /sɛnˈsɔriəs / (say sen sawreeuhs) adjective severely critical; fault finding; carping. {Latin cēnsōrius of a censor} –censoriously, adverb –censoriousness, noun …
114Spanish flu — /spænɪʃ ˈflu/ (say spanish flooh) noun the worldwide influenza outbreak of 1918–19 which claimed more lives than World War I; originated in Tibet in 1917. {first publicly documented in Spain which was neutral in World War I and did not censor its …
115prior — I /prayar/ The former; earlier; preceding; preferable or preferred II noun The chief of a convent; next in dignity to an abbot III adj Earlier; elder; preceding; superior in rank, right, or time; as, a prior lien, mortgage, or judgment @ prior… …
116bleep — ► NOUN ▪ a short high pitched sound made by an electronic device as a signal or to attract attention. ► VERB 1) make a bleep. 2) (in broadcasting) censor (a word or phrase) by substituting a bleep. 3) summon with a bleeper. ORIGIN imitative …
117censorate — n(t)s(ə)rə̇t, n(t)səˌrāt noun ( s) Etymology: censor (I) + ate : a body of censors : a department for censoring …
118incenser — inˈcenser or inˈcensor (or / sensˈ/) noun 1. A burner or offerer of incense 2. A flatterer • • • Main Entry: ↑incense …
119au|thor|i|tar|i|an — «uh THR uh TAIR ee uhn, THOR », adjective, noun. –adj. favoring obedience to authority instead of individual freedom: »An authoritarian government will often censor newspapers. Authoritarian regimes insist on deciding themselves what is proper… …
120cen|sor|ship — «SEHN suhr shihp», noun. 1. the act or system of censoring: »Censorship of news is common in time of war. 2. the position or work of a censor. 3. Psychoanalysis. the exclusion by the ego, ego ideal, or superego, of unpleasant memories or impulses …
