See brainwash on Wiktionary
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"roman": "ḡasala l-muḵḵ",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
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"sense": "to affect one's mind",
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "rentar el cervell"
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"sense": "to affect one's mind",
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"roman": "sai² nou⁵",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "洗脑"
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"sense": "to affect one's mind",
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "vymýt mozek"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "hjernevaske"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "hersenspoelen"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "aivopestä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "décerveler"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "laver le cerveau"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "bourrer le crâne"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "einer Gehirnwäsche unterziehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "gehirnwaschen"
},
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "shatáf móach",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "שָׁטַף מֹחַ"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "agymosást végez"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "heilaþvo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "fare il lavaggio del cervello"
},
{
"alt": "せんのうする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sennō suru",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "洗脳する"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "senoehada",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "세뇌하다"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "lāng sa mǭng",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "ລ້າງສະໝອງ"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "tarxi ugaax",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "тархи угаах"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"tags": [
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"word": "prać mózg komu"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"tags": [
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"word": "wyprać mózg komu"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "fazer lavagem cerebral em"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "spăla creier"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "promyvátʹ mozgí",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "промыва́ть мозги́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "promýtʹ mozgí",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "промы́ть мозги́"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zombirovatʹ",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"tags": [
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"perfective"
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"word": "зомбировать"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "lavar el cerebro"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "fua bongo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "hjärntvätta"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "láang-sà-mɔ̌ɔng",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "ล้างสมอง"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "beyin yıkamak"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "tẩy não"
}
],
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"Brainwashing"
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"word": "brainwash"
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