blue-pencils, cancels, crosses (out), deletes, edits (out), elides, kills, scratches (out), strikes (out), strokes (out), x's (out)

blots out, effaces, eradicates, erases, expunges, obliterates, roots (out), rubs out, wipes outbleeps, blips, clips, cuts, excises, removesbowdlerizes, censors, cleans (up), expurgates, launders, redacts, red-pencilsabbreviates, crops, shortensblacks out, represses, silences, suppresses