mindwipe
mindwipe verb: 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.
Verb
mindwipe (third-person singular simple present mindwipes, present participle mindwiping, simple past and past participle mindwiped)
- 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.2001, Jeffrey A Carver, James A Carver, Eternity's End
- In Adventures of Superman #636, Superman told Wonder Woman and Batman about how the League had mindwiped Dr. Light...2006, Jeffery Klaehn, Inside the World of Comic Books
Noun
mindwipe (plural mindwipes)
- The act of mindwiping.
- 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.2009, Andrew Terjesen, “Dirty Hands and Dirty Minds: The Ethics of Mind Reading and Mindwriting”, in X-Men and Philosophy
Synonyms of mindwipe
Forms of mindwipe
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | mindwipes |
| present participle | mindwiping |
| past participle | mindwiped |
| past | mindwiped |
| Noun | |
| plural | mindwipes |
Origin of mindwipe
From mind + wipe.
Questions about mindwipe
- What does mindwipe mean?
- Mindwipe means 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.
- What part of speech is mindwipe?
- Mindwipe can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of mindwipe?
- The past tense of mindwipe is mindwiped.
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