exorcising

variants also exorcizing
present participle of exorcise

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of exorcising 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
Verb
  • Divide plants into clumps with three to five vigorous shoots each, discarding any small, weak, or woody portions.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Throughout the season, Boy Kavalier’s real intentions begin to take over Neverland Research Island after successfully securing the alien specimens that the USCSS Maginot had been researching in space, discarding his decade-long work on the hybrids.
    Leia Mendoza, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In 2011, the Wisconsin State Legislature altered the property tax levy formula limits, eliminating the 2% ceiling that local municipalities could draw from taxpayers in places where new construction couldn't justify a larger levy increase.
    Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The Corrections Department budget increases wages for corrections officers but also makes tens of millions of dollars in cuts by eliminating programs and administrative costs and funding for positions that have not been filled.
    Paul Egan, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • He was sentenced to life plus 15 years in a Missouri prison for killing the women and dumping their bodies.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Finally, Trump tries to infect Satan with toxoplasmosis by dumping pounds of kitty litter on him.
    Jack Dunn, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But the building feels temporary, with United having previously discussed removing it.
    Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • More than 200 bodies are still on the mountain, left there because of the difficulty, risk, and cost of removing them, the database says.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Starting with next year's release, Apple will be able to start jettisoning all Intel code from macOS, including (eventually) the Rosetta translation technology that allows Apple Silicon Macs to run Intel code at all.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Companies responded by jettisoning a few mean executives, changing their internal communications strategies, and retraining bosses to be nicer.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • On Friday, Schottenheimer spoke to reporters and explained his decision, shedding light on his relationship with Diggs heading into Week 5 against the New York Jets.
    Cole Sullivan, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Even with the old four-corner chicane removed to quicken the final sector, this remains one of the sport’s most physical tests with drivers often shedding 4 to 8 pounds over the two-hour race.
    Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Hangers That Don’t Match Since her clients hire her to help create a clean, organized look, Tonia Tomlin of Sorted Out, a professional organizing company in Dallas, Texas, heads right for the closets and starts ditching all hangers that don’t match.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Great for saving space and ditching questionable hotel mini toiletries.
    Julie Rousseau, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In July, after FilmLA’s contract was renewed for five more years despite opposition from some local public advocates, a host of measures aimed at streamlining and eradicating bureaucratic hurdles in the film permitting process was approved.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Childhood vaccinations are widely considered effective and safe—eradicating illnesses that once claimed kids’ lives, such as mumps and polio.
    Sherri Gordon, Parents, 18 Sep. 2025

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“Exorcising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exorcising. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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