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brainwash

brainwash

3 definitions found for brainwash

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  brainwash \brainwash\ v. [imp. & p. p. brainwashed; p. pr. &
     vb. n. brainwashing]
     1. to persuade completely; as, the propaganda brainwashed
        many people.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. to to indoctrinate forcibly or by means of torture, or by
        constant psychological pressure.
  
     Syn: submit to brainwashing.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :

  brainwash
      v 1: persuade completely, often through coercion; "The
           propaganda brainwashed many people"
      2: submit to brainwashing; indoctrinate forcibly

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "brainwash":
     alienate, beat into, catechize, condition, corrupt,
     counterindoctrinate, imbue, implant, impregnate, impress,
     inculcate, indoctrinate, infix, infuse, inoculate, instill,
     program, reindoctrinate, subvert, win away