exorcised

variants also exorcized
past tense of exorcise

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of exorcised But with Gausman once again watching Saturday, the Jays exorcised their demons. Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025 These agents of chaos must be exorcized from our nation without apology and without compromise. Brooke L. Rollins, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exorcised
Verb
  • The team, based mainly at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, devised a method to remove the extra chromosomes by mimicking natural cell division in a way that causes one set of 23 to be discarded, leaving a functional egg cell.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The aspects of Dalton’s theory that disagreed with reality were discarded, just as the aspects of Democritus’s ideas that didn’t align with reality were not kept as part of the theory.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Red Sox were eliminated from the postseason in Game 3 of their wild card series against the Yankees, a game where Boston mustered just five hits all night and got a runner as far as second base exactly once.
    Michael Hurley, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • With the Yankees having eliminated Boston on a star-making performance from hurler Cam Schlittler—the 24-year-old fanned 12 batters and issued zero free passes to first over an eight-inning stretch—MLB enters the Divisional round with a murderer’s row of top media markets in play.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • FellinAI‘s first feature, The Sweet Idleness, imagines a world in which machines have eradicated 99% of jobs, leaving humans to a life of leisure.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
  • That misconception must be eradicated from our society.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The trepidation that led to Ohtani’s early exit from his start against these same Phillies last month — when Ohtani was removed from a no-hitter after five innings in an eventual loss — is not part of the calculus this time.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The church removed several of its officials following a law firm's investigation into the allegations in November.
    Nolan Clay, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • By the numbers, Helene dumped upwards of 30 inches of rain across the region, resulting in 108 casualties, 73,000 affected homes, and $60 billion in damages for Western North Carolina alone.
    Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Local authorities were initially called to a Maverik gas station in Cedar City, roughly 215 miles from where Kirk was shot, after Utah state officials alerted police that alleged shooter Tyler Robinson, 22, may have dumped evidence in a nearby trash can.
    Michael Ruiz , Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • His emergence comes just in time for Diggs’ first trip back to Buffalo since the Bills jettisoned him to Houston via trade.
    Chad Graff, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • After the Dallas Cowboys jettisoned superstar pass rusher Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers, every game on their schedule this season has become magnified.
    Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Since May 2020, at least 20 homes have been lost.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Data from the commission show from 2020 to 2023, consumers lost more than $110 million in scams involving Bitcoin ATMs.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Popular Aussie band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard ditched Spotify in July to protest Ek’s investments in the military defense company Helsing, as did Xiu Xiu and Deerhoof.
    Roy Trakin, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The Dodgers have ditched that for a new cutter.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025

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