possessed
/pəˈzɛst
/adjective
(Of a person) completely controlled by an evil spirit: she ran like a possessed person...
- An exorcism is a religious rite for driving Satan or evil spirits out of a possessed person, place, or thing.
- During the experiment, state-of-the-art neuro-imaging technology will be used to monitor the brain activity of a supposedly possessed man.
- Here the Devil can cause the possessed person to say or do evil things.
Phrases
like a man (or woman) possessed