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1 brainwash
verb (to force (a person) to confess etc by putting great (psychological) pressure on him: The terrorists brainwashed him into believing in their ideals.) prati možgane* * *[bréinwɔš]transitive verblevite komu brati; politično koga obdelovati -
2 brain
[brein]1) (the centre of the nervous system: an injury to the brain; ( also adjective) brain surgery; brain damage.) možgani2) ((often in plural) cleverness: a good brain; You've plenty of brains.) pamet3) (a clever person: He's one of the best brains in the country.) glava•- brainy
- brainchild
- brain drain
- brainwash
- brainwashing
- brainwave* * *I [brein]nounmožgani; figuratively pamet, razum, glavato blow out s.o.'s brains — ustreliti koga v glavoto crack one's brains — zgubiti glavo, ponoretito dash s.o.'s brain out — razbiti komu lobanjoto have s.th. on the brain — pretirano se zanimati za kaj, noreti za čimhis brain is a bit touched — ni čisto pri pameti, je nekoliko prismuknjento turn s.o.'s brains — zbegati kogabrain trust — skupina strokovnjakov s skupno nalogo; skupina strokovnjakov, ki odgovarja prek radiaII [brein]transitive verbrazbiti glavo, izbiti možgane
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brainwash — rainwash v. [imp. & p. p. {brainwashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {brainwashing}] 1. to persuade completely; as, the propaganda brainwashed many people. [WordNet 1.5] 2. to to indoctrinate forcibly or by means of torture, or by constant psychological… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Brainwash — Allgemeine Informationen Genre(s) Hatecore Gründung 2001 Aktuelle Besetzung … Deutsch Wikipedia
brainwash — index convert (persuade), influence Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
brainwash — [v] force to believe or do things alter, catechize, condition, convert, convince, educate, indoctrinate, influence, instill, persuade, proselytize, teach; concept 14 … New thesaurus
brainwash — ► VERB ▪ subject (someone) to a prolonged process to transform their attitudes and beliefs totally … English terms dictionary
brainwash — ☆ brainwash [brān′wôsh΄] vt. Informal to indoctrinate so intensively and thoroughly as to effect a radical transformation of beliefs and mental attitudes … English World dictionary
brainwash — UK [ˈbreɪnˌwɒʃ] / US [ˈbreɪnˌwɑʃ] verb [transitive, often passive] Word forms brainwash : present tense I/you/we/they brainwash he/she/it brainwashes present participle brainwashing past tense brainwashed past participle brainwashed to force… … English dictionary
brainwash — brain|wash [ˈbreınwɔʃ US wo:ʃ, wa:ʃ] v [T] to make someone believe something that is not true, by using force, confusing them, or continuously repeating it over a long period of time ▪ Young people are being brainwashed by this religious group.… … Dictionary of contemporary English
brainwash — [[t]bre͟ɪnwɒʃ[/t]] brainwashes, brainwashing, brainwashed VERB If you brainwash someone, you force them to believe something by continually telling them that it is true, and preventing them from thinking about it properly. [V n into ing] They… … English dictionary
brainwash — verb (T) to make someone believe something that is not true, by using force, confusing them, or continuously repeating it over a long period of time: Young people are being brainwashed by this religious group. | brainwash sb into doing sth:… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
brainwash — brain|wash [ breın,waʃ ] verb transitive often passive to force someone to accept a particular set of beliefs by repeating the same idea many times so that the person cannot think in an independent way: Her father said she had been brainwashed by … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
