Verbal analogy (agent → object acted upon): Determine the pair that parallels “filter : water”. Context: A filter acts on water to remove impurities. Instruction: Choose the pair where the first term acts upon the second to remove/alter content.

Given data

• Filter is a device/process applied to water.

Concept / Approach
We need agent/device → object domain. A censor reviews/blocks parts of a play; this mirrors filter→water (process applied to medium).

Option analysis
censor : play — institutional agent acts on artistic medium; best structural match. ✅curtail : activity — verb:object, but curtail is not an agent noun. ❌expunge : book — verb:object; again verb form breaks analogy. ❌edit : text — verb:object; grammatical class mismatch with ‘‘filter’’ (noun). ❌

Final Answer
censor : play