exorcised

verb

variants also exorcized
past tense of exorcise
as in discarded
to get rid of as useless or unwanted please exorcise that offensive word from your vocabulary

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Recent Examples of exorcised The ghost of Subway has been fully exorcised from the restaurant. — Natalie Hoy, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025 Mitch Marner exorcised his playoff demons to a degree no one saw coming. — Jesse Granger, New York Times, 15 June 2026 Natalie, a ghost who forgot she was exorcised, asks who is going to get the Pinocchio mask. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026 An opinion offered offhand suggests a secret wickedness that must be exorcised. — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2026 At the very least, something is being purged or exorcised here; some intergenerational score is being settled, some deep resentment being aired, if only in perilous play. — Catherine Nicholson, The New York Review of Books, 9 Oct. 2025 Thanks to stellar performances from Landen O’Neil and Loyola commit Leo Kavey, the program exorcised its demons Sunday. — Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 17 May 2026 Playing in their third straight title game, Torrey Pines finally exorcised their demons, defeating Westview 20-13 to earn the program’s first Division 1 section title. — Clark Fahrenthold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Nov. 2025 Michel then insisted on being exorcised and her parents sought the help of Father Arnold Renz and Father Ernst Alt, who performed a host of exorcisms beginning in September 1975. — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exorcised
  1. discarded
  2. dumped
  3. unloaded
  4. ditched
  5. lost
Verb
  • Still, once the tooth is out and discarded, the choice disappears with it.
    — Allison Palmer July 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 July 2026
  • Blueberries with a purchase date of July 3, 2026 or before should be discarded, Publix advises.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Definition of discarded
Verb
  • There are two possible, competing ways in which dust can affect the Alfvén waves, which in turn could determine how energy is dumped into the corona, heating it.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 7 July 2026
  • As a result, Corbin and Parmida were dumped from Love Island USA.
    — Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 6 July 2026
Definition of dumped
Verb
  • Fox also unloaded its regional cable sports networks — a savvy move before that business cratered.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • As dozens of delivery trucks unloaded decor outside of MSG, there was speculation that Swift and Kelce were building a castle inside of the venue.
    — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 2 July 2026
Definition of unloaded
Verb
  • The Supreme Court on June 30 ditched one of the remaining checks on money in politics, a decision in line with recent rulings favoring free speech rights over fears about potential corruption.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • Aemond is not going to back down, and Aegon has already ditched his plan to abdicate.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 June 2026
Definition of ditched
Verb
  • Since Ecuador lost, Hincapié will serve his red-card suspension during the team’s next international match.
    — Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • The research does not include, for example, drivers who may be put out of work by self-driving cars, or roles lost due to manufacturing automation, Ramp Economics Lab’s lead economist Ara Kharazian said.
    — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Definition of lost

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