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Brainwash

/brˈeɪˌnwɑʃ/
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(noun) A distorting effect upon one's memory, belief, or ideas, as by propaganda.

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Sami tried to brainwash Layla into being a completely different person.
CEFR Practice Quiz
They tried to ____ the group into believing things that were not true.

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