exorcise
verb
, -sər-\
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cashier, cast (off), chuck, deep-six, discard, ditch, dump, eighty-six (or 86), fling (off or away), jettison, junk, lay by, lose, pitch, reject, scrap, shed, shuck (off), slough (off) also sluff (off) , throw away, throw out, toss, unload
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The Bruins’ 1-0 lead subdued a St. Louis crowd yearning for the Cup and yearning to exorcise 50-plus years of demons. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, "The Bruins’ first line was first-rate, and they need more of that in Game 7," 10 June 2019 At the end of the video, watched by more than 14 million people so far, Mr. Dud discussed how Russians have not fully exorcised the fear inculcated by Stalin’s legacy. — New York Times, "Looking for Free Speech in Russia? Try YouTube," 9 June 2019 Having failed to steer the team to the 2002 World Cup, a lasting regret only matched by the manner of his 2016 exit from Old Trafford, Van Gaal exorcised some of his demons when qualification for the 2014 tournament was comfortably secured. — SI.com, "World Cup Countdown: 1 Day to Go - Tim Krul's Penalty Heroics & the Mad Genius of Louis van Gaal," 13 June 2018 Hoping to exorcise her guilt over that awful incident by discovering what happened to the missing girls, Emma agrees. — Tom Nolan, WSJ, "Mysteries: Alpha Females and the Secrets They Keep," 26 July 2018 The ghost of '82 was being exorcised, and despite getting a goal back just after half time, Ireland couldn’t repeat their upset performance from four years before. — SI.com, "World Cup Countdown: 8 Weeks to Go - Emilio 'the Vulture' Butragueño Picks Apart Denmark," 29 Apr. 2018 Nicaragua’s bishops have scheduled a month of prayer and atonement, with special Friday masses to exorcise the evils that plague the country. — José De Córdoba |, WSJ, "Church Becomes Target in Nicaragua Crisis," 23 July 2018 Opening up a portal into our deepest, darkest fears and vulnerabilities allows them to be acknowledged, expressed, and exorcised from our being. — Polo Tate, Marie Claire, "Sexual Assault in the Military: One Woman's True Story," 8 Aug. 2018 His is not a spectre which can be easily exorcised. — SI.com, "Warning Signs: How Sweden's Humble History Makers Survived and Thrived in the Post-Zlatan Era," 6 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'exorcise.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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