Usage Note
Exorciser is used both literally, for religious rites of casting out evil spirits, and figuratively, to mean 'to rid oneself of' a fear or trauma. The figurative use is common in literary and journalistic French: exorciser ses démons ('to exorcise one's demons'). The noun is un exorcisme and the person who performs it is un exorciste.
Examples
"Le prêtre a tenté d'exorciser le village."
Natural Translation
The priest tried to exorcise the village.

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