EXORCIZE


Meaning of EXORCIZE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ eksɔ:(r)saɪz ]

( exorcizes, exorcizing, exorcized)

Note: in BRIT, also use 'exorcise'

1.

If you exorcize a painful or unhappy memory, you succeed in removing it from your mind.

He confronted his childhood trauma and tried to exorcise the pain...

VERB : V n

2.

To exorcize an evil spirit or to exorcize a place or person means to force the spirit to leave the place or person by means of prayers and religious ceremonies.

They came to our house and exorcised me...

VERB : V n

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