Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Another spelling of exorcise.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To drive out supposed evil spirits from a person, place or thing, especially by an incantation or prayer
  • verb To rid a person, place or thing of an evil spirit

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  • verb expel through adjuration or prayers

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Examples

  • "The CBC," says this evidently delusional fellow, "will never be able to exorcize its left-wing missionary zeal -- for global warming, for Islam, for big government, Barack Obama, multiculturalism, public health care, human rights commissions and so on."

    Archive 2009-03-01 2009

  • We were the last to board our flight to Hong Kong, after allowing the kids to exorcize their sugar high by running wild at JFK.

    Diya Luke: A Minor Diversion: Quiet Hong Kong With Children Diya Luke 2011

  • Another way to look at it is that Zuckerberg is like many of the world's great artists, musicians, visionaries, etc. -- people who are often isolated in their own worlds, have a hard time relating to people, and are driven as much by negative feelings and the need to exorcize personal demons and right past wrongs as a desire to make the world a better place.

    Jonathan Kim: ReThink Review: The Social Network -- Geek Is the New Punk Jonathan Kim 2010

  • Another way to look at it is that Zuckerberg is like many of the world's great artists, musicians, visionaries, etc. -- people who are often isolated in their own worlds, have a hard time relating to people, and are driven as much by negative feelings and the need to exorcize personal demons and right past wrongs as a desire to make the world a better place.

    Jonathan Kim: ReThink Review: The Social Network -- Geek Is the New Punk Jonathan Kim 2010

  • Another way to look at it is that Zuckerberg is like many of the world's great artists, musicians, visionaries, etc. -- people who are often isolated in their own worlds, have a hard time relating to people, and are driven as much by negative feelings and the need to exorcize personal demons and right past wrongs as a desire to make the world a better place.

    Jonathan Kim: ReThink Review: The Social Network -- Geek Is the New Punk Jonathan Kim 2010

  • Another way to look at it is that Zuckerberg is like many of the world's great artists, musicians, visionaries, etc. -- people who are often isolated in their own worlds, have a hard time relating to people, and are driven as much by negative feelings and the need to exorcize personal demons and right past wrongs as a desire to make the world a better place.

    Jonathan Kim: ReThink Review: The Social Network -- Geek Is the New Punk Jonathan Kim 2010

  • Another way to look at it is that Zuckerberg is like many of the world's great artists, musicians, visionaries, etc. -- people who are often isolated in their own worlds, have a hard time relating to people, and are driven as much by negative feelings and the need to exorcize personal demons and right past wrongs as a desire to make the world a better place.

    Jonathan Kim: ReThink Review: The Social Network -- Geek Is the New Punk Jonathan Kim 2010

  • Another way to look at it is that Zuckerberg is like many of the world's great artists, musicians, visionaries, etc. -- people who are often isolated in their own worlds, have a hard time relating to people, and are driven as much by negative feelings and the need to exorcize personal demons and right past wrongs as a desire to make the world a better place.

    Jonathan Kim: ReThink Review: The Social Network -- Geek Is the New Punk Jonathan Kim 2010

  • Another way to look at it is that Zuckerberg is like many of the world's great artists, musicians, visionaries, etc. -- people who are often isolated in their own worlds, have a hard time relating to people, and are driven as much by negative feelings and the need to exorcize personal demons and right past wrongs as a desire to make the world a better place.

    Jonathan Kim: ReThink Review: The Social Network -- Geek Is the New Punk Jonathan Kim 2010

  • Another way to look at it is that Zuckerberg is like many of the world's great artists, musicians, visionaries, etc. -- people who are often isolated in their own worlds, have a hard time relating to people, and are driven as much by negative feelings and the need to exorcize personal demons and right past wrongs as a desire to make the world a better place.

    Jonathan Kim: ReThink Review: The Social Network -- Geek Is the New Punk Jonathan Kim 2010

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