exorcised

variants also exorcized
past tense of exorcise

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of exorcised Michel then insisted on being exorcised and her parents sought the help of Father Arnold Renz and Father Ernst Alt, who performed a host of exorcisms beginning in September 1975. Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025 Even as Flamengo exorcised those Libertadores demons with victory over Ecuador’s Athletico Paranaense the following year, Palmeiras returned to haunt them in the 2023 Supercopa do Brasil final, emerging victorious in a seven-goal thriller. Jack Bantock, New York Times, 17 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
  • By 1974, though, many women had already discarded those notions as instruments of domination, psychic equivalents of the whalebone corset.
    James Marcus, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • After the executions, the bodies were discarded without ceremony.
    James Frater, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Lastly, My Roommate Is a Cat is the touching story of how a shy novelist named Mikazuki Subaru comes to live with a feline companion who was dumped by humans and lived a tough life on the streets.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Triggered by a strong earthquake that dumped 40 million tons of rock into the bay at once, the tsunami killed five people and wiped away two square miles of forest along the shore.
    Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This comes after the billionaire has unloaded more than 100 million shares in the past year alone.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 21 Oct. 2025
  • In some cases, aircraft crews unloaded aid in near-darkness, refueled and immediately switched to evacuation runs.
    Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As Colley noted, Harry is technically in line for the throne of Canada, but nonetheless ditched his Commonwealth allegiances for the Dodgers.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Bo Nix ditched his uneven past, and the defense showed elasticity but refused to snap.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Milwaukee Bucks have lost one game this season.
    Eric Nehm, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
  • At least 19 people have lost their lives in Jamaica from Hurricane Melissa, which battered the island this week as the most powerful storm to ever hit the Caribbean nation.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025

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