Definition of "exsufflation" []

• A blast from beneath. (noun)
• A kind of exorcism by blowing with the breath. (noun)
• A strongly forced expiration of air from the lungs. (noun)

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• "In the finals there was the ice breaker: "The spellers' exsufflation at spelling the word correctly blew people's hair back in the front row.""
• "Sometimes the exorcist used the rite of exsufflation, and sometimes, as St. Cyprian states, adjured the evil spirit to depart per Deum verum (by the true God)."