🇬🇧 Exorcism meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Exorcism is a special ceremony or action that some people believe can make a bad or unwanted spirit, ghost, or creepy energy leave a person or place and go away for good.

When my brother smelled my socks, he said we needed an exorcism to chase away the stink spirit.

Mom said no exorcism would ever chase away the chaos spirit living in my messy bedroom; only cleaning would.

Our teacher said an exorcism would not get rid of math problems, but studying might chase away the fear of them.

Every time we cleaned the playroom, the toys exploded back out again, so we suspected a mischief spirit that ignored exorcisms.

My alarm clock started ringing at 6 a.m., so I performed an exorcism by throwing it into the laundry basket.

At midnight a child trembled as the lamp dimmed. A priest arrived and read aloud. He set cross and salt, whispered a small exorcism, then began the first exorcism. Each line of the exorcism pushed the cold shadow away. A second exorcism cry broke the silence; the final exorcism word made the child laugh. The priest closed the door.

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