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also exorcize
as in to eliminate
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
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Recent Examples of exorcise
The Knicks then exorcised another demon — awful performances coming out of the halftime break.
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Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 2 May 2025
Whatever sophomore slump hit Corbin Carroll last year appears to be exorcised.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Rory McIlroy exorcised his demons at The Masters on Sunday, taking home the Green Jacket in a playoff after one of the most dramatic final rounds in major championship history.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
Af Klint edited her own notebooks later in life, rewriting or destroying entire passages and exorcising biographical details.
—Jay Cheshes, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
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Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 2 May 2025
Whatever sophomore slump hit Corbin Carroll last year appears to be exorcised.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Rory McIlroy exorcised his demons at The Masters on Sunday, taking home the Green Jacket in a playoff after one of the most dramatic final rounds in major championship history.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
Af Klint edited her own notebooks later in life, rewriting or destroying entire passages and exorcising biographical details.
—Jay Cheshes, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exorcise
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Blue Diamond notified employees Friday morning that the site will wind down over the course of two years, eliminating 600 jobs.—
Annika Merrilees,
Sacbee.com,
7 June 2025
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The Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Chad, Togo and Somalia all appear to be longshots for World Cup qualification and Afghanistan, Laos, Myanmar, Yemen and Turkmenistan have already been eliminated.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
6 June 2025
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The ruling Liberal Democratic Party contends that opening royal status to commoners is just one step down a path that will ultimately lead to the abandonment of patrilineal legitimacy, ultimately discarding the sacred Y chromosome.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
8 June 2025
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Maggie's phone was discovered discarded beside the road outside the gates of the estate. Feb. 2, 2023: Footage emerges of Murdaugh in two different outfits on the night of the murder Evidence surfaced that Murdaugh changed his clothes at some point in the evening.—
Julie Tremaine,
People.com,
7 June 2025
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Volunteer in a California state park or join the local chapter of California Native Plant Society project to eradicate invasive plants and preserve native habitats.—
Nan Sterman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 June 2025
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Surgeons removed her thyroid gland but did not fully eradicate the cancer, which had spread to her vocal cords, the paper said.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
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So everybody that's in the United States, and in this case in Puerto Rico, without an immigration status, needs to be removed or deported.—
Adrian Florido,
NPR,
2 June 2025
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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission sent a licensed trapper to remove the injured alligator, officials said.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
2 June 2025
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And what will perhaps be the grossest installment promises to shed new light on the chaos that arose on a Carnival Triumph cruise ship in 2013.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
3 June 2025
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And in the process of remaking their roster and attempting to graft elite skill into their lineup, the Hurricanes may look to shed some commitments and reallocate cap space to more offensively gifted forwards.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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None Neither McNamara nor Kroeger, from South Carolina, has actually kicked in an NFL game, though the Jets felt good enough about this duo (for now, at least) to jettison Thomas Morstead.—
Zack Rosenblatt,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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Trump has just jettisoned one of the Senate GOP’s favorites among his senior aides.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
2 May 2025
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Join Amazon shoppers in ditching their name-brand sneakers for these comfortable pairs of running shoes starting at $43.—
Averi Baudler,
People.com,
31 May 2025
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Sunrun shares have plunged nearly 26% this year and more than 52% over the past year, as traders ditch clean energy names under the Trump administration.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
30 May 2025
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Credential dumps from breached companies are traded daily on the dark web.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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To stay on the show, each Islander must couple up with another Islander or risk being dumped from the villa.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
5 June 2025
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