exorcise

Example Sentences

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I needed to exorcise this thing so it could join the world!

From Los Angeles Times

Mattis insisted that America, with its latest financial package, was finally “exorcising our last ghosts” from the Vietnam era.

From Washington Post

A woman whose childhood pen pal suddenly stopped writing after fleeing the Rwanda genocide has written a novel to "exorcise the grief of not knowing what happened" to her.

From BBC

That is a sickness that must be exorcised from the corrupted police culture that has been growing larger and more violent every year.

From Washington Post

For me, this was a way of exorcising this evil.

From New York Times