exorcise

Verb

Meaning

To cast out, as a devil, evil spirits, etc., by conjuration or summoning by a holy name, or by certain ceremonies; to expel (a demon) or to conjure (a demon) to depart out of a person possessed by one.

To deliver or purify from the influence of an evil spirit or demon.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

exorcize drive cast remove lay pitch entrance deliver drift expulsion dismiss charm dump expel purge
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Antonyms

use soil retain employ adopt utilize
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Hypernyms

exclude eject chuck out boot out turf out

Derivatives

exorcised exorcising

Examples

exorcise evil spirits Source: Internet

Against Miami, the Irish seemed to exorcise many of the demons that have plagued them all season, especially when they went on a 20-0 run at the start of the second half. Source: Internet

All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre". Source: Internet

A small army of backup singers create an oddly jubilant mood within a song that helps its narrator exorcise past heartbreak. Source: Internet

After finding occult books in his mother's bedroom, he became convinced he had to exorcise the demon that was in her. Source: Internet

Once the sagwara has determined the spirit's name through the use of divination, he prescribes a routine formula to exorcise the spirit. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

exorbitate exorbitism exorcisable exorcised exorcisement exorciser