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brainwash
CIDE DICTIONARY
brainwash, v.
- to persuade completely; as, the propaganda brainwashed many people. [WordNet 1.5]
- to to indoctrinate forcibly or by means of torture, or by constant psychological pressure. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
brainwash, v.tr. subject (a person) to a prolonged process by which ideas other than and at variance with those already held are implanted in the mind.
Derivative
brainwashing n.
THESAURUS
brainwash
alienate, beat into, catechize, condition, corrupt, counterindoctrinate, imbue, implant, impregnate, impress, inculcate, indoctrinate, infix, infuse, inoculate, instill, program, reindoctrinate, subvert, win awayFor further exploring for "brainwash" in Webster Dictionary Online