exorcise
Example Sentences
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The modern West tried to exorcise these demons.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026
"We start in that world where we're shackled, and then we exorcise it," Taylor explains.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2025
Friedel finds that interviews have helped exorcise Höss out of his system, which he’s grateful for, but he’s not interested in explaining the character.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2023
In the evocative dance track “Become the Lies,” Vasquez tries to exorcise the memory of his absent father, whose spirit lingers doggedly behind him like a shadow.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2023
And I had heard that Ultima could lift the curses laid by brujas, that she could exorcise the evil the witches planted in people to make them sick.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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Power Prefix: ex-
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Bless Me, Ultima
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