Definition of "exorcize" [exorcize]

• To drive out supposed evil spirits from a person, place or thing, especially by an incantation or prayer (verb)
• To rid a person, place or thing of an evil spirit (verb)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "Another way to look at it is that Zuckerberg is like many of the world's great artists, musicians, visionaries, etc. -- people who are often isolated in their own worlds, have a hard time relating to people, and are driven as much by negative feelings and the need to exorcize personal demons and right past wrongs as a desire to make the world a better place."
• ""The CBC," says this evidently delusional fellow, "will never be able to exorcize its left-wing missionary zeal -- for global warming, for Islam, for big government, Barack Obama, multiculturalism, public health care, human rights commissions and so on.""
• "We were the last to board our flight to Hong Kong, after allowing the kids to exorcize their sugar high by running wild at JFK."