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also exorcizing
as in dumping
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
please exorcise that offensive word from your vocabulary
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Recent Examples of exorcising
But in the early days of the Maniacs, everyone swears that Merchant was a shrieking dervish during shows, exorcising her teenage demons on the stage of every bar in the Rust Belt.
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Dan Kois,
Pitchfork,
17 May 2026
Before exorcizing their demons from tournaments past.
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Jon Wilner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
Turn the calendar ahead six weeks, and the Tigers were at the Tsongas Center on Saturday, exorcising two years worth of frustration.
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Matt Roy,
Boston Herald,
14 Mar. 2026
Yeah, exorcising that demon of just kind of singing about it, putting it on paper, and then just kind of exhaling and let that go, that's an important process.
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Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
13 Mar. 2026
My experiment was about more than exorcising the demons of my inbox.
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Cal Newport,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
The Mets spent last autumn exorcising demons and this fall conjuring new ones to take their place.
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Tim Britton,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
Normally, a video of your favorite singer ferociously digging a hole in the ground in a grassy meadow and then screaming into the void as if exorcising a demon would be cause for concern.
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Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
12 Aug. 2025
Anthony is feeling more confident after exorcizing his demons at the villa and reconnecting with his passion for cooking.
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Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
5 Aug. 2025
Dan Kois,
Pitchfork,
17 May 2026
Before exorcizing their demons from tournaments past.
—
Jon Wilner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
Turn the calendar ahead six weeks, and the Tigers were at the Tsongas Center on Saturday, exorcising two years worth of frustration.
—
Matt Roy,
Boston Herald,
14 Mar. 2026
Yeah, exorcising that demon of just kind of singing about it, putting it on paper, and then just kind of exhaling and let that go, that's an important process.
—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
13 Mar. 2026
My experiment was about more than exorcising the demons of my inbox.
—
Cal Newport,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
The Mets spent last autumn exorcising demons and this fall conjuring new ones to take their place.
—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
Normally, a video of your favorite singer ferociously digging a hole in the ground in a grassy meadow and then screaming into the void as if exorcising a demon would be cause for concern.
—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
12 Aug. 2025
Anthony is feeling more confident after exorcizing his demons at the villa and reconnecting with his passion for cooking.
—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exorcising
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The best way to combat mosquitoes is by interrupting their life cycle, consistently dumping out containers, refreshing water in birdbaths, and adding Mosquito Dunks to wet areas that can't be easily drained.
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The first signs were his dramatic overreaction to the girls dumping Gabe.
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But the lawyer for suspect Iqbal Bacchus, 46, suggested Bacchus was selling wiring that the hospital was discarding.
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The council also ordered up a measure doubling the amount of money allocated for the Department of Recreation and Parks, discarding an alternative plan that would have increased it by 50%.
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There's the Battle of the Gullet in the premiere, and then everything that comes next — from Rhaenyra unloading her grief before the corpse of her eldest son to her taking the Iron Throne at King's Landing to become Westeros' new queen.
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Al Bello / Getty Images Public records show that New York City issued a permit for loading and unloading theatrical materials at MSG from June 29 to July 4.
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None of this argues for ditching traditional government affairs work in Washington.
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For golf cart operators, that evolution absolutely begins by ditching archaic lead-acid relics engineered for a bygone era.
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Panama can't make anything of its counter attacks and keeps losing the ball in transition.
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Sweden finished third in Group F, winning its first game by four goals and losing its second by the same margin.
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“Exorcising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exorcising. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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