brainwash

Etymology
,, literally "to wash the brain". Usage via U.S. military during Korean War.

Noun

 * 1) A distorting effect upon one's memory, belief, or ideas, as by propaganda.

Verb

 * 1)  To affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure or any other mind-affecting process. (e.g. hypnosis)
 * 2)  To take from an electronically controlled machine its stored-up information; to erase a computer's programming. (1960)
 * 3) To persuade completely and forcibly.
 * The news media brainwashed many people.

Translations

 * Arabic: ّغَسَلَ المُخ
 * Egyptian Arabic: غَسَل الدِماغ
 * Armenian: ուղեղը լվանալ
 * Catalan: rentar el cervell
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 洗腦
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: vymýt mozek
 * Danish: hjernevaske
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, laver le cerveau,
 * German: einer Gehirnwäsche unterziehen, gehirnwaschen
 * Hebrew: שָׁטַף מֹחַ
 * Hungarian: agymosást végez
 * Icelandic: heilaþvo
 * Italian: fare il lavaggio del cervello
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 세뇌하다
 * Lao: ລ້າງສະໝອງ
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Mongolian: тархи угаах
 * Polish: prać mózg komu, wyprać mózg komu
 * Portuguese: fazer lavagem cerebral em
 * Romanian: spăla creier
 * Russian: промыва́ть мозги́, промы́ть мозги́,
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish: lavar el cerebro
 * Swahili: fua bongo
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese: