Definition of "brainwash" [brainwash]

• To subject to brainwashing. (verb-transitive)
• The process or an instance of brainwashing. (noun)

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• "Yet he thought that "the only chance for victory over the brainwash is the right of every man to have his ideas judged one at a time.""
• "We know you're trying to "brainwash" the viewers minds."
• "He even tries to "brainwash" our school children into .. supporting his liberal leftist ideology and "worshipping" himself (Obama)."