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waterboarding in British English (ˈwɔːtəˌbɔːdɪŋ) nouna form of torture in which the victim is immobilized and has water poured on his or her face, producing a severe gag reflex, to simulate drowning Examples of 'waterboarding' in a sentencewaterboarding He called feeding him microwaved meals 'worse than waterboarding'.Given that he had also subjected himself to waterboarding, he knew whereof he spoke.A bit of light waterboarding, yes, but otherwise an incredibly trusting egg.When they were around, anything might happen, including waterboarding.I glimpse a room with straps and buckets, possibly for waterboarding.It wasn't quite waterboarding but it was horrible.They also used widespread waterboarding and hinted detainees would never leave custody alive. Word lists withwaterboarding Types of torture |