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'''Mind-wipe''' (also referred to as '''mind-cleanse''',{{Fn|2a}} '''mind-sweep''',{{Fn|3}} '''mind-purge''', or '''mind-scrub'''){{Fn|2c}} is an intensive process used to remove memories from an individual.{{Fn|2d}}
The best way to keep a secret is to force an individual to forget it, at least when execution isn't the preferred option. Knowing of any of the Imperium's innumerable secrets,{{Fn|2b}} or simply being at the wrong place at the wrong time, often condemns an individual to execution or, if they are fortunate, mind-wipe.{{Fn|2b}} It is a brutally invasive process frequently used by the [[Inquisition]].{{Fn|2d}} This process is also utilised by the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]].{{Fn|3}} and [[Space Marines]].{{citethis}}
The [[Order Elucidatum]] frequently used "[[Brain Destroyer]]" drugs on human populations who witnessed [[Warp]] activity or nascent [[Imperial Cult]]s during the [[Great Crusade]]. As the name implies, this seratoxin destroys the mind of those it is forced upon.{{Fn|4}}
