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  • verb Present participle of exorcize.

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Examples

  • I know alot of seedy people, but that doesn't make me one of them (including my Pastor who went kinda bonkers and started exorcizing demons from people).

    A Clinton backer turns to McCain 2008

  • Therefore I would probably have referred the young woman for a mental health assessment before concluding that she was in need of a good exorcizing.

    Priest Carries Out Exorcism In Front Of Congregation Christopher 2008

  • Therefore I would probably have referred the young woman for a mental health assessment before concluding that she was in need of a good exorcizing.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Christopher 2008

  • It would be poetic to write that I was a 16-year-old exorcizing my father's demons by exercising my own.

    A Tumultuous Year Creates a Sprinter Steve McKee 2008

  • That's also happening with our exorcizing cash registers.

    CNN Transcript Dec 1, 2008 2008

  • France, my suspicion is that the celebrants in Calcutta are exorcizing the dangers of social and cultural apostasy by turning the defeat of Tipu into a phanttasmatic victory over France.

    Projection, Patriotism, Surrogation: Handel in Calcutta 2006

  • Are you serious when you talk about exorcizing the cash registers and things like that or is it just to bring about this point to people that we've really lost control when it comes to spending?

    CNN Transcript Dec 1, 2008 2008

  • Maybe this is part of what we do as a species to start exorcizing the demons that this kind of Pandora's Box-opening will unleash.

    Talking a Tragedy to Death 2007

  • BETH: I began exorcizing a year ago and I've gone from a size 22 to a 14, and now I want to do something about my diet.

    CNN Transcript Jan 25, 2004 2004

  • CULTURAL/BELIEFS: Leaves used by medicine men in exorcizing spirits and used to produce smoke in ceremonies for sick cattle

    Chapter 7 1999

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