"brainwipe" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: brainwipes [present, singular, third-person], brainwiping [participle, present], brainwiped [participle, past], brainwiped [past]
Etymology: From brain + wipe. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|brain|wipe}} brain + wipe Head templates: {{en-verb}} brainwipe (third-person singular simple present brainwipes, present participle brainwiping, simple past and past participle brainwiped)
  1. (transitive, science fiction) To mindwipe. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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