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also exorcize
as in to eliminate
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
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Recent Examples of exorcise
Ninety-nine times out of 100, that’s a statement win for Denver, exorcising a decade of demons in the process.
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Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2025
Notre Dame The Irish still haven’t won a national championship since 1988, but Marcus Freeman’s team exorcised some demons in 2024.
—Manny Navarro, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
The demons from New York had been exorcized.
—Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
Cory zooms into the reunion and tries to exorcize Amanda with water through the screen.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2025
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Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2025
Notre Dame The Irish still haven’t won a national championship since 1988, but Marcus Freeman’s team exorcised some demons in 2024.
—Manny Navarro, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
The demons from New York had been exorcized.
—Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
Cory zooms into the reunion and tries to exorcize Amanda with water through the screen.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exorcise
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Lance Hunter, a professor at Augusta University in Georgia, said that eliminating defenses against foreign influence campaigns would leave the United States more vulnerable to them.—
Steven Lee Myers,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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May Reduce Inflammation Soybeans are high in antioxidants, which help eliminate harmful compounds called free radicals.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
20 Feb. 2025
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The patients alleged the company didn’t disclose the risk of false positives in genetic testing on embryos, which led them to discard potentially viable embryos.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2025
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Cook on medium high until the water boils, then discard the water.—
Vicky Hallett,
NPR,
10 Apr. 2025
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Despite this success, these drugs do not completely eradicate the chronic lung infections that plague individuals with cystic fibrosis.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Mar. 2025
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Measles, once eradicated, is again spreading in New Mexico and West Texas and even in our own area, where vaccine skepticism has long had a foothold in some parts of the ultra-orthodox Jewish community.—
New York Daily News,
Twin Cities,
21 Mar. 2025
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However, after this portion’s absence from the livestream was noted by NME, the group noted that this instance wasn’t the only part of their set that was removed from the broadcast.—
Tyler Jenke,
Billboard,
14 Apr. 2025
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Teams take pride in removing emotion from decisions and loathe making moves that can be interpreted as reactionary.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Before Festa’s outing Friday, the Twins’ rotation ranked 26th in MLB with a 5.12 ERA, but the front office is likely to show patience with Paddack after choosing not to shed his $7.5 million salary via trade this offseason.—
Aaron Gleeman,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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Myers' wife found him in the couple's Calhoun County shed, which had been the backdrop to their wedding 15 months earlier.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Apr. 2025
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The Trump administration has jettisoned a Biden-era program to support Hispanic-serving institutions.—
Jon Marcus,
NPR,
8 Apr. 2025
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Wade and Kelly were jettisoned as rookies before Week 1 of the regular season.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Trump says Iran must ditch ‘concept of a nuclear weapon’ President Donald Trump on Monday once again reiterated that Iran must abandon any hope of obtaining a nuclear weapon as the U.S. prepares for more talks in less than a week.—
Caitlin McFall,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Trump should ditch the tariffs, do some damage control with allies and reassert America as the center of global free trade.—
Matt Fleming,
Oc Register,
11 Apr. 2025
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As the upper stage continues towards space, the lower stage falls, spiraling back to Earth, dumping what remains of its fuel.—
Michael Dorgan,
Fox News,
25 Mar. 2025
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Meat, eggs dumped Each year, broiler chickens lay about 360 million eggs that are not fit to hatch chicks, according to the council.—
Tom Polansek,
USA TODAY,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Exorcise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exorcise. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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