exorcised

variants also exorcized
past tense of exorcise

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of exorcised That woman was shaking her body like she was being exorcised! Rima Parikh, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2025 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
  • After pulling between your teeth to enjoy, the pods are discarded.
    Tammy Algood, Southern Kitchen, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Sticks and leaves and other trash should be discarded.
    Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 11 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Somewhere beyond the brush, two frightened dogs — caught on video being dumped and abandoned — were still waiting, as if the person who left them might return.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Drone footage showed catastrophic flooding that turned streets into rivers, submerged homes and overturned cars as Typhoon Kalmaegi, known locally as Tino, dumped more than a month’s worth of rain in only 24 hours in some areas.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The mass of public officials and volunteers unloaded and passed about 1,200 turkeys into the food bank Thursday morning in a lively assembly line.
    Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Carol Burnett has unloaded a massive haul of her most coveted awards, handing them off to her alma mater in conjunction with an endowment to support aspiring musical theater performers.
    Karu F Daniels, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 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
  • That, too, had echoes of last season, when City, the reigning champions, lost their way completely after a promising start, winning just one match out of 13 in all competitions between late October and late December.
    Oliver Kay, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The major hubs of O'Hare, Atlanta, Denver and Dallas-Fort Worth rounded out the top five airports for cancellations, but those airports only lost around 3% of their flights.
    JOSH FUNK, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2025

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“Exorcised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exorcised. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.

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