Exorcised

In the interest of avoiding such untenable consequences, the notion that a haunting is a condition which can and should be ascertained upon reasonable inspection of the premises is a hobgoblin which should be exorcised from the body of legal precedent and laid quietly to rest ... ❋ Unknown (2008)

Some of the problems include a kid dying of cancer who shows very little (if any) signs of sickness, a poorly developed romantic subplot, and a scene in a gay biker bar which should have been completely exorcised from the completed film. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I'll probably reserve them for car trips; I'll be making one in the next month or so to my dad's, anyway, that I might have the my Sentra exorcised from the Possessed CD Player of Death. ❋ Moriarty6 (2004)

Having "exorcised" at least some of your fears, and made plans for addressing the remainder, it's time to practice writing fearlessly. ❋ Hillary Rettig (2010)

Senior Editor Samir S. Patel spoke with University of Florence forensic anthropologist and archaeologist Matteo Borrini after the meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Science in Denver, where he presented an "exorcised" skull from a plague grave on the Venetian island of Lazzaretto Nuovo. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The key skills he 'exorcised' for a decade are limited in the extreme. ❋ Newmania (2007)

Matteo Borrini, who recently excavated an "exorcised" skull from a 16th-century grave on the Venetian island of Lazzaretto Nuovo, discusses the reality behind belief in malicious, pestilent plague vampires ❋ Unknown (2009)

And she kind of exorcised those demons by writing her memoirs. ❋ Unknown (2003)

As for attacks from within, the political ogres conjured up by renegade Thomas Cardif had been 'exorcised' as a result of Pucky's personal intervention. ❋ Ernsting, Walter (1975)

He had never heard the word "exorcised" uttered aloud before, though he had, of course, come across it in books. ❋ Marie Belloc Lowndes (1907)

"Old-fashioned gilts and Treasury bonds may need to be 'exorcised' from model portfolios and replaced with more attractive alternatives both from a risk and a reward standpoint," he wrote. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"exorcised" by the Capuchin Father Aurelian, who accused a peasant woman of bewitching him. ❋ David Marshall Brooks (N/A)

This distressing character of “busy-ness” in the Old English sense has never been fully exorcised from the word business. ❋ Leslie Dunton-Downer (2010)

He was a traditional healer, and he took us to his shop where he exorcised the ghost through ritual chants and gesticulations (and all for free). ❋ Matt Gibson (2010)

These problems are more deeply engrained in our media culture and are going to have to be exorcised in a whole different manner. ❋ Lee Robson (2011)

I went to the [gym] [five times] last week trying to exorcise [Mr. X]. ❋ LAKranz (2007)

"[Yo dog], hurry up [i gots] ta shower" "Chill playa, im excercising the McDemons" "want to see a [dead body]?" "dog that aint a dead body, my McDemon wouldnt flush" ❋ T-Money (2004)

Stan: Dude, what the hell did you do to this bathroom? Jay: Sorry dude but I had to perform an exorcism on a [mud demon]. Stan: You were [exorcising a mud demon]?!? I can't even breathe! Jay: It's soul may still not be at rest. Turn on the fan and I'll find the [Lysol]. ❋ Badfish Stylee (2010)

"[Sorry I'm] [late], I was just exorcising the brown daemons from [my arse]!" ❋ Feltch McFlop (2009)

[come over] tonight and bring your [bass] we are gonna be exorcsing [demons]. ❋ George (2005)