BRAINWASH

brainwash

Noun

  1. An effect upon one's memory, belief, or ideas.

Verb

  1. To affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure or any other mind-affecting process. (i.e. hypnosis)
  2. To take from an electronically controlled machine its stored-up information; to erase a computer's programming. (1960)


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