(~s, exorcizing, ~d)
Note: in BRIT, also use 'exorcise'
1.
If you ~ 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 ~ an evil spirit or to ~ 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