brainwash

1. (transitive)To affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure or any other mind-affecting process. (e.g. hypnosis)

   einer Gehirnwäsche unterziehen, gehirnwaschen

   промыва́ть мозги́promyvátʹ mozgí, промы́ть мозги́promýtʹ mozgí, зомби́роватьzombírovatʹ

2. (dated, figuratively, transitive)To take from an electronically controlled machine its stored-up information; to erase a computer's programming. (1960)

3. (transitive)To persuade completely and forcibly.

   The news media brainwashed many people.

   persuade completely, often through coercion

1. I was brainwashed.

   Мені промили мізки. — deniko

   ruМне промыли мозги. — sharptoothed

   deIch wurde einer Gehirnwäsche unterzogen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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2. Tom claimed he had been brainwashed.

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3. Tom thought Mary might've been brainwashed.

   ruТом думал, что Мэри, возможно, промыли мозги. — astyng

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4. Do you think Tom has been brainwashed?

   ruТы думаешь, Тому промыли мозги? — odexed

   deGlaubst du, Tom wurde einer Gehirnwäsche unterzogen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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5. Tom thought that Mary might've been brainwashed.

   ruТом думал, что Мэри, возможно, промыли мозги. — astyng

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