brainwash

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈbreɪnwɒʃ/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈbreɪnˌwɑʃ, -ˌwɔʃ/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(brān′wosh′, -wôsh′)

brain•wash /ˈbreɪnˌwɑʃ, -ˌwɔʃ/USA pronunciation v.

to force (someone) to go through brainwashing;
to put (someone) through brainwashing: [~ + object]The enemy brainwashed all its prisoners in special cells.[~ + object + into]They brainwashed the captured pilot into believing he was a CIA agent.

brain•wash (brān′wosh′, -wôsh′),USA pronunciation v.t.

Also, brain′-wash′, brain′ wash′.

brain′wash′er, n.

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brainwash /ˈbreɪnˌwɒʃ/ vb

(transitive) to effect a radical change in the ideas and beliefs of (a person), esp by methods based on isolation, sleeplessness, hunger, extreme discomfort, pain, and the alternation of kindness and cruelty

ˈbrainˌwashing n

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