exorcised

variants also exorcized
past tense of exorcise

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for exorcised
Verb
  • All affected products should be discarded or returned to the place of purchase.
    David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Malone entered his postgame news conference minutes later, crumpled up a copy of the box score and discarded it in the nearest trash can.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 11 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Instead, time is running out an array of bad defensive performances leave them eight points behind the Montreal Canadiens and a tragic number of one to be eliminated, something that can happen as soon as Thursday’s visit to the New York Islanders.
    Larry Fleisher, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • New York isn’t technically eliminated, but that will happen soon.
    Peter Baugh, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Ferrari’s unhealthy reputation for muddling their decisions looked to have been eradicated last year in Fred Vasseur’s first season as team principal, but the issue has reared its head again over the opening two races of 2025.
    Dan Cancian, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Measles, once eradicated, is again spreading in New Mexico and West Texas and even in our own area, where vaccine skepticism has long had a foothold in some parts of the ultra-orthodox Jewish community.
    New York Daily News, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Bricks that were most likely 184 years old were removed from the foundation of the church, ending its almost two centuries-long mission.
    Noe Padilla, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Switching to Bournemouth removed Adams from the frenzy and bright lights that surround Leeds.
    Felipe Cardenas, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • These chemicals also threaten the water when products containing them are dumped onto the ground or into lakes and rivers.
    Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
  • That’s when a series of storms dumped a significant amount of rain in Northern California, lifting water levels across the region.
    Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacramento Bee, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The Blue Jays lost the game by 1 run (in extras).
    Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Up in Scotland, meanwhile, marbles were lost as Rangers, who played most of the match with 10 men after an early red card for defender Robin Propper, hung on through a goalless battle with Athletic Club.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Silver buttercups, cow parsley and strawberry leaves fill a vase, while branches of apple blossom and Scots pine shed petals and pines, like a Dutch still life in precious metal.
    Kate Matthams, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Several of the current PAC members spoke with Golfweek about an issue and shed some light on the path the event will take starting in the 2025 edition.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
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“Exorcised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exorcised. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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