Synonyms of exorcise

exorcise

verb

ˈek-ˌsȯr-ˌsīz 

variants also exorcize

as in to discard

to get rid of as useless or unwanted

please exorcise that offensive word from your vocabulary

Synonyms & Similar Words

• discard
• dump
• unload
• ditch
• lose
• abandon
• shed
• remove
• reject
• eliminate
• jettison
• scrap
• toss
• cast (off)
• chuck
• slough (off)
• dispose of
• throw away
• set aside
• junk
• shuck (off)
• lay by
• fling (off or away)
• throw out
• eradicate
• sluff (off)
• deep-six
• dismiss
• abolish
• forsake
• pitch
• abdicate
• expunge
• eighty-six
• exterminate
• extirpate
• kick out
• cashier
• extinguish
• annihilate
• wipe out
• desert
• liquidate
• stamp (out)
• root (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adopt
• use
• embrace
• employ
• utilize
• take on
• keep
• retain
• hold
• hold back

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of exorcise

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

But the group is also a kind of filter, a place where women from all ethnic backgrounds (a laudable aspect of the screenplay is the refusal to overtly classify the participants as Hutu or Tutsi) may exorcize some of their pain and anger before addressing the Gacaca. — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 26 May 2026