SANITIZE

(CHANGE), [UK and ANZ] usually -ise [verb] [T] [disapproving] - to change (something) in order to make it less strongly expressed, less harmful or less offensiveSome acts of genocide have been sanitized by calling them 'war', including the aerial bombardment of civilians.The committee was given what one member called a 'sanitized' briefing on the talks between the terrorists and the government.The military wants to allow only a sanitized report/version of the incident to become public.