Brainwash and Reason

Brainwash

Brainwash verb - Persuade completely, often through coercion.

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Reason and brainwash are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reason" instead a verb "Brainwash".

Nearby Words: brainwashing, brainwashed

Reason verb - To form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information.

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Brainwash and reason are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Brainwash" instead a verb "Reason".

power	brainwash power	reason power
people	brainwash people	reason people
way	brainwash way	reason way
characters	brainwash characters	reason characters
Other words: castle, player, humans.

And if they were right not to be, they might not have torn themselves in half, but it turns out the reason Bucky's been in hiding ever since is that he knows he has brainwash residue.

Source: Brainwash Residue
This link to Hallowicked is the reason that when Delirious used the Eye of Tyr to brainwash Hallowicked and turn him against UMB, Frightmare was forced to turn as well.

Source: Wrestling / Frightmare
Getting the number of characters down to a manageable number is a likely out-of-universe reason for Shirou Kotomine's plot to brainwash the other Red masters into handing over their Servants.

Source: Light Novel / Fate/Apocrypha

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