brainwash
verb/ˈbreɪnwɒʃ/
/ˈbreɪnwɔːʃ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they brainwash | /ˈbreɪnwɒʃ/ /ˈbreɪnwɔːʃ/ |
| he / she / it brainwashes | /ˈbreɪnwɒʃɪz/ /ˈbreɪnwɔːʃɪz/ |
| past simple brainwashed | /ˈbreɪnwɒʃt/ /ˈbreɪnwɔːʃt/ |
| past participle brainwashed | /ˈbreɪnwɒʃt/ /ˈbreɪnwɔːʃt/ |
| -ing form brainwashing | /ˈbreɪnwɒʃɪŋ/ /ˈbreɪnwɔːʃɪŋ/ |
- to force somebody to accept your ideas or beliefs, for example by repeating the same thing many times or by preventing the person from thinking clearly
- brainwash somebody The group is accused of brainwashing its young members.
- brainwash somebody into doing something The advertising industry brainwashes us into thinking that buying more products will make us happy.
- They were brainwashed into believing that their leader was all-powerful.
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