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exorcises

  • present tense form
    of exorcise (3rd person singular).
    exorcise
    verb (used with object)
    to seek to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration or religious or solemn ceremonies.

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"She exorcises herself through the use of song, which was really brilliant to do."

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025

Tucker, the more primal singer of the two, exorcises deeper emotions when she sings lead, as on the eerie and affecting leadoff track “Hell.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2024

While it never glorifies slavery or secession, it exorcises a spirit of mourning.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2023

“I really don’t think it exorcises any demons or anything like that. That game is over and has been played.”

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2021

It forms an ingredient of the smoke which exorcises the demon that is troubling the heroine Sarah.

From The Book of Delight and Other Papers by Israel Abrahams