1.ROto force evilspirits to leave a place by using special words and ceremonies 〔通过念咒语或驱邪仪式〕驱除〔邪魔〕
2to make yourself forget a bad memory or experience 设法忘却〔不愉快的记忆或经历〕
trying to exorcise the past
努力忘掉过去
Examples from the Corpus
exorcize• I said, if it wasn't true, then the devils would be exorcized.• Uncle Ted had done absolutely nothing since the day Dadexorcized him as he sat with a record-player in his lap.• I don't know how to exorcize it.• One way of exorcizing such fear and longing is to submit to the ghastlyritual of plasticsurgery.• Perhaps religions have been invented to try to exorcize that condition.