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"sense": "to affect one's mind",
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"sense": "to affect one's mind",
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"sense": "to affect one's mind",
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"sense": "to affect one's mind",
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to affect one's mind",
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "einer Gehirnwäsche unterziehen"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "gehirnwaschen"
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"sense": "to affect one's mind",
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"sense": "to affect one's mind",
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "heilaþvo"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "fare il lavaggio del cervello"
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"roman": "sennō suru",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "洗脳する"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "senoehada",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "세뇌하다"
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"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "lāng sa mǭng",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "ລ້າງສະໝອງ"
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"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "tarxi ugaax",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "тархи угаах"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
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"word": "prać mózg komu"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to affect one's mind",
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "fazer lavagem cerebral em"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "spăla creier"
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"roman": "promyvátʹ mozgí",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
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"word": "промыва́ть мозги́"
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"roman": "promýtʹ mozgí",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
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"word": "промы́ть мозги́"
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"roman": "zombirovatʹ",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "lavar el cerebro"
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{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "fua bongo"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "hjärntvätta"
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "láang-sà-mɔ̌ɔng",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "ล้างสมอง"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "beyin yıkamak"
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to affect one's mind",
"word": "tẩy não"
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