variants
also exorcizes
as in discards
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
please exorcise that offensive word from your vocabulary
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Owners shouldn't punish a dog for making a mess, but should offer big praise when the dog eliminates in the right place—either on a puppy pad, or asking to be let outside.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Apr. 2025 -
This officially eliminates the Suns from a Play-In spot.—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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Then, using either his hands or his teeth, the groom removes it and throws it into a crowd of single men.—
Ivana Rihter,
Vogue,
31 Dec. 2024
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Annual Vehicle Inspections Eliminated Texas House Bill 3297 removes the requirement for annual mandatory safety inspections for non-commercial drivers as part of the vehicle registration process.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
31 Dec. 2024
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The deeper the water, the sooner a vehicle loses traction on the road.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Mar. 2025
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At the start of this stylish but plodding film, which premiered at SXSW ahead of its March 27 release on Prime Video, the suburban mother loses a pearl earring.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Mar. 2025
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The pair's evident feelings for each other develop into a relationship that nearly takes off, until Jim unceremoniously dumps her in the season's final episode.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Regulators have also found that the company dumps untreated groundwater into sewers, but little action has been taken.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Jan. 2025
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The homeowners had a hard time keeping fans from attempting their own pizza tosses or trying to sneak dips in the iconic backyard pool.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
4 Jan. 2025
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Some lay them flat, others hang them up, and the last set tosses them into a bin.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
4 Jan. 2025
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