exorcise
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
exorcise
verb
exorcises
also
exorcizes;
exorcised
also
exorcized;
exorcising
also
exorcizing
exorcise
verb
exorcises
also
exorcizes;
exorcised
also
exorcized;
exorcising
also
exorcizing
Britannica Dictionary definition of EXORCISE
[+ object]
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to force (an evil spirit) to leave
— often used figuratively
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The movie is about a priest who tries to exorcise demons from a young girl.
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She tried hard to exorcise her feelings of guilt.
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His charitable works seem to be an effort to exorcise the ghosts/demons of his past. [=to make up for the bad things he did in the past]
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[count]
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the exorcism of demons
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a priest performing exorcisms
