exorcism

Example Sentences

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As they pursue an exorcism, Castro keeps the suspense at a perfect pace.

From Los Angeles Times

The music is sometimes played during all-night healing ceremonies where exorcisms are performed on the sick to expel the djinn, or evil spirits, believed to cause illness.

From New York Times

An anaesthetist who poisoned his partner in a series of botched exorcism ceremonies is facing jail.

From BBC

This is doubly true for shows about demonic possession and exorcisms, the meat and potatoes of "Evil."

From Salon

He called the twin takedowns “an exorcism of state violence” against Native Americans.

From Washington Post