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also exorcize
as in to eliminate
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
please exorcise that offensive word from your vocabulary
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Recent Examples of exorcise
Toronto x-wild card Playoffs Wild-card: Seattle d. Detroit; Tampa Bay d. Kansas City
Divisional: Houston d. Tampa Bay; New York d. Seattle
Wild-card: Houston d. New York
World Series; Dodgers d. Houston as the final postseason demon is exorcised.
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2025
With just under five minutes to go in the period, Sean Canavan exorcised his own demons.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
Determined to rid their house of evil, Malcolm turns to unconventional ghost hunters, priests and psychics, leading to a series of increasingly absurd attempts to exorcise the demon.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
Ninety-nine times out of 100, that’s a statement win for Denver, exorcising a decade of demons in the process.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2025
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2025
With just under five minutes to go in the period, Sean Canavan exorcised his own demons.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
Determined to rid their house of evil, Malcolm turns to unconventional ghost hunters, priests and psychics, leading to a series of increasingly absurd attempts to exorcise the demon.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
Ninety-nine times out of 100, that’s a statement win for Denver, exorcising a decade of demons in the process.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exorcise
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The other four teams that did it (2021-22 New Orleans Pelicans, 2010-11 Indiana Pacers, 2007-08 Atlanta Hawks and 2003-04 Boston Celtics) all were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
20 Apr. 2025
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Anything less would be another painful letdown after Messi and Miami were eliminated by Atlanta United in the opening round of last year’s MLS playoffs.—
Felipe Cardenas,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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The life of a child in the mother’s womb, as well as the lives of the elderly and the sick, who in more and more countries are looked upon as people to be discarded.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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The life of a child in the mother's womb, as well as the lives of the elderly and the sick, who in more and more countries are looked upon as people to be discarded.—
NPR Staff,
NPR,
21 Apr. 2025
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What to know to recognize the symptoms How to get rid of acid reflux In most cases, acid reflux can actually be eradicated for good.—
Hannah Yasharoff,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Ease of use The goal of a fruit fly trap is to easily and quickly eradicate your population of fruit flies.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
18 Apr. 2025
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Note that synthetic data is not about replacing real data but augmenting it to remove bottlenecks and drive AI innovation.—
Aditi Godbole,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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There were no survivors, and all six bodies were being removed from the scene, National Transportation Safety Board member Todd Inman confirmed at a news conference the next day.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
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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Moving splashdowns to the West Coast — along with jettisoning the trunk after Dragon's deorbit burn, to control the trunk's trajectory — will ensure that no debris could harm people or property, according to SpaceX; any that survives reentry will fall into the Pacific.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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The bickering dynamic between Black and Momoa becomes the story’s driving force, with the rest of the cast left to roll their eyes at the wannabe alphas and/or jettisoned to their own subplots just to keep them out of the way (Myers and Brooks get the worst of both worlds).—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
2 Apr. 2025
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The 10-year yield rose half a percentage point in just a few days, one of its quickest moves ever, as investors also ditched stocks and the U.S. dollar.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
25 Apr. 2025
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Join me in ditching denim this spring by shopping similar styles, plus lookalike shirts and tote bags, below.—
Averi Baudler,
People.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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The dogs were reported by passersby who alerted the KC Pet Project that dogs appeared to be dumped and roaming the area.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
18 Apr. 2025
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Atmospheric rivers out West also tend to dump their heaviest rain over the open water in the Pacific, because the storms they’re associated with typically peak in strength there.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Exorcise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exorcise. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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