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(transitive, science fiction) To erase the memories and personality, while still leaving an intact, living brain and body. This is frequently portrayed as a form of capital punishment, which leaves a viable body into which a different personality or mind can be uploaded..
Whether they were mindwiped upon their return to base, or simply terminated like useless equipment, Deutsch never knew.
In Adventures of Superman #636, Superman told Wonder Woman and Batman about how the League had mindwiped Dr. Light...
The mindwipe of Magneto is a necessary action and it is also a wrong one, but it appears to be the only way to save the human population from extinction.
Use mindwipe when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mindwipe means (transitive, science fiction) To erase the memories and personality, while still leaving an intact, living brain and body. This is frequently portrayed as a form of capital punishment, which leaves a viable body into which a different personality or mind can be uploaded..
Common synonyms include brainwipe, erase, deprogram.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Whether they were mindwiped upon their return to base, or simply terminated like useless equipment, Deutsch never knew.
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