verb🔗ShareTo affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure or any other mind-affecting process. (e.g. hypnosis)"After spending a week at the cult's retreat, he seemed completely brainwashed, believing everything they said without question. "mindactionhumanphilosophysocietyprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo take from an electronically controlled machine its stored-up information; to erase a computer's programming. (1960)"The programmer accidentally brainwashed the old computer, deleting all of its valuable data. "technologycomputingelectronicsmachinemindChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
