To force an evil spirit, or an unpleasant or painful memory to leave someone: Jim was watching a movie about a priest who was trying to exorcize a demon from a young girl.

Last Sunday, a preacher strived to exorcize and to drive out the devil and supernatural beings from all of his church attendees with prayers to God.

In the story Jeff was reading, the girls decided to exorcize the spooky apparitions from the garden by singing chants and walking in circles!