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brain⋅wash

  [breyn-wosh, -wawsh]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to cause (someone) to undergo brainwashing.
–noun
2. the process of brainwashing.
3. a subjection to brainwashing.
Also, brain-wash, brain wash.

Origin:
1950–55; back formation from brainwashing

Related forms:
brainwasher, noun
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brain·wash   (brān'wŏsh', -wôsh')   
tr.v.   brain·washed, brain·wash·ing, brain·wash·es
To subject to brainwashing.
n.  The process or an instance of brainwashing.

[Back-formation from brainwashing.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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