exorciseverb [ T ]
US also exorcize uk/ˈek.sɔː.saɪz/us/ˈek.sɔːr.saɪz/to force an evil spirit to leave a person or place by using prayers or magic:
After the priest exorcised the spirit/house/child, apparently, the strange noises stopped.
to remove the bad effects of a frightening or upsetting event:
It will take a long time to exorcise the memory of the accident.
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The supernatural - general words
- astral
- aureole
- black mass
- conjunction
- crystal ball
- demonology
- exorcist
- ghoul
- levitate
- mystic
- near-death experience
- paranormal
- supernatural
- tarot
- the powers of darkness
- thing
- things that go bump in the night idiom
- vision
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noun [ C or U ] uk/ˈek.sɔː.sɪ.zəm/us/ˈek.sɔːr.sɪ.zəm/