exorcise

verb

ˈek-ˌsȯr-ˌsīz How to pronounce exorcise (audio)
variants also exorcize
Definition of exorcisenext
as in to discard
to get rid of as useless or unwanted please exorcise that offensive word from your vocabulary

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Recent Examples of exorcise Naim and his overly anxious single mom (Mia Wasikowska) attend rote church services in which the pastor looks to exorcise the LGBTQ+ from sinful boys who like boys and girls who like girls. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 18 June 2026 The Three Lions will also have to exorcise decades of demons to achieve something the likes of Gary Lineker, David Beckham and Wayne Rooney never could. — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 15 June 2026 What followed was 50-some-odd years of demons being exorcised in Madison Square Garden. — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 11 June 2026 And then, in absentia, there’s Santiago Calatrava, the architect whose example Penn Station tries to exorcise from the story of New York transportation design. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for exorcise
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exorcise
  1. discard
  2. dump
  3. unload
  4. ditch
  5. lose
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  • Each of the 31 teams needed to be reoutfitted, along with every member of the athletic department staff, and the old stuff discarded.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Numerous foods were discarded and two coolers required repairs, according to the report.
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of discard
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  • Thousands of gallons of crude oil were dumped into the river in May when a construction crew trying to lay fiber-optic cable hit a pipeline carrying the substance from Kern County to the Port of Los Angeles.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Homeowners tend to dump seed straight onto compacted, untilled soil and expect grass to appear.
    — Amanda Tust, Architectural Digest, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of dump
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  • Riley worked a full count and then unloaded on a 3-2 splitter that caught too much of the plate.
    — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Unfortunately, the signs of this happening appeared near as Kolb failed to unload Laney-Hamilton’s $400,000 salary for an impactful piece at last week’s trade deadline.
    — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of unload
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  • High gas prices from the Iran-Israel War also may spur some drivers to ditch their cars for a while and save cash by avoiding the gas pump.
    — Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • In addition to clearing the deal, culture secretary Nandy has ditched plans to bring forward secondary legislation enabling Ofcom to examine how the Paramount-WBD deal would impact streaming services.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of ditch
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  • José Ramírez loses his bat during the game on June 2, 2026 at Yankee Stadium.
    — Katie Houlis, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Data from the Office of Personnel Management shows that the agency lost more than 3,300 staff, roughly one-quarter of its total workforce, over the past fiscal year.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of lose

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