Brainwashed
Brainwashed adjective - Subjected to intensive forced indoctrination resulting in the rejection of old beliefs and acceptance of new ones.
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Trained and brainwashed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trained" instead a verb "Brainwashed".
Nearby Words: brainwash, brainwashing
Trained
Trained adjective - Shaped or conditioned or disciplined by training; often used as a combining form.
Brainwashed and trained are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Brainwashed" instead a verb "Trained".
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The fact that the soldiers are trained/brainwashed to believe this puts these phrases in a whole new light, as characters like Sora and Serena are not pure evil so much as they're mislead.
Source: Arc Words -
From Gunslinger Girl, the eponymous cybernetic assassins, pre-teen children salvaged from near death, trained and brainwashed to become Italy's most elite counter-terrorism unit.
Source: Little Miss Badass -
His clone, Mark, was brainwashed and trained from birth to impersonate Miles, and after breaking free of his captors he struggles for years to find his own personality and avoid Becoming the Mask.
Source: Becoming the Mask
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