exorcize /ˈɛksɔːˌsaɪz, -sər-/ TEM8 ( exorcizing, exorcized, exorcizes )

• 1. 

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

  例：

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

  他与童年时代的精神创伤对抗并试图祛除这种痛苦。

• 2. 

  V-T 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. 驱魔

  例：

  They came to our house and exorcized me.

  他们来到我们的房子并给我驱了魔。