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exorcism

[ek-sawr-siz-uhm, -ser-] / ˈɛk sɔrˌsɪz əm, -sər- /
NOUN
expelling evil spirits
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Azerbaijani singer Jiva fought against restraints as she sang Just Go, a furious exorcism of a toxic relationship.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Or is Theophilus acting in actual bad faith, so convinced by his preferred mythology that he’s unworried about any harm the rites of exorcism inflict on Emma?

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2025

When I learned how to check my own daily screen time, it made me want to sign up for an exorcism.

From Slate • Nov. 16, 2024

“Paula said she was writing this to come to terms with her mother, almost like an exorcism of all that old anger,” Lange said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2024

A group of babalawos tried apanaldo, an exorcism, and thought they had trapped an evil spirit in the rooster they buried in a knotted cloth.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García




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