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Verb- To dissuade or try to dissuade from strongly held convictions such as religious beliefs or firmly established or innate behavior patterns.

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  • I just have to "deprogram" them after their Green-voting teacher sends them home.
  • I wonder if we will see someone try to 'deprogram' the followers of the Society.
  • Saudi Arabia and Egypt have both pioneered programs to "deprogram" militants and allow them to rejoin society.
  • Saudi Arabia and Egypt have both pioneered programs to "deprogram" militants and allow them to rejoin society ....
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