VERB | communication | brainwash | persuade completely, often through coercion |
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cognition | brainwash | submit to brainwashing |
Sounds | brey'nwaa.sh | |
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Rhymes | awash ... whitewash: 18 rhymes with aash... |
Meaning | persuade completely, often through coercion. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Model | They brainwash him to write the letter | |
Example | "The propaganda brainwashed many people" | |
Broader | persuade | Cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action |
Spanish | lavar el cerebro |
Meaning | Submit to brainwashing; indoctrinate forcibly. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Broader | indoctrinate | teach doctrines to |
Spanish | lavar el cerebro |
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