mindwipe
Total recall deletion
Mindwipe refers to the erasure or complete removal of memories or mental content, typically through technological, supernatural, or pharmaceutical means.
The term appears primarily in science fiction and gaming contexts, where characters might undergo a mindwipe to forget traumatic events, have their identities reset, or be stripped of dangerous knowledge.
The agency performed a mindwipe on all witnesses to the incident.
It can function as both noun and verb: They're going to mindwipe him before release.
Complete power loss
- fugueContrapuntal musical form
- oblivionComplete erasure from memory
- erasureAct of wiping away
- blanknessState of being empty
void · gap · lapse · trauma · concussion · dissociation · retrograde · anterograde
Destroy all traces of
- eraseRemove recorded marks
- expungeDelete entirely, officially
- purgeEliminate unwanted elements
- annihilateDestroy completely, leaving nothing
efface · eliminate · wipeout · extinguish · abolish · eradicate · cleanse · scrub
Cycle power intentionally
- restartCommence anew
- renewalMaking current again
- reprogramModify stored instructions
- reconfigureAlter system arrangement
overwrite · restore · reinitialize · do-over · rewire · reformat · rebuild · regenerate
Altering original functional instructions
- neuromodulationAdjusting brain cell activity
- implantDevice placed inside tissue
- cyberpunkDystopian tech-noir fiction
- dystopiaImaginary terrible society
blackout
Complete power loss
blankness · void · gap · lapse · trauma · concussion · dissociation · retrograde · anterograde · neurological
obliterate
Destroy all traces of
annihilate · efface · eliminate · wipeout · extinguish · abolish · eradicate · cleanse · scrub · blank
reboot
Cycle power intentionally
reconfigure · overwrite · restore · reinitialize · do-over · rewire · reformat · rebuild · regenerate
reprogramming
Altering original functional instructions
- neuromodulationAdjusting brain cell activity
- implantDevice placed inside tissue
- cyberpunkDystopian tech-noir fiction
mindwipetotal recall
Complete, perfect remembrance
memory preservation · memory retention · eidetic memory · photographic memory · remembrance
mindwipememory implant
Device adding artificial recollections
mind upload · knowledge transfer · cognitive enhancement · mind meld · brainwashing