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单词 waterboarding
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waterboarding

/ˈwɔːtəbɔːdɪŋ /
noun [mass noun]
An interrogation technique simulating the experience of drowning, in which a person is strapped head downwards on a sloping board or bench with the mouth and nose covered, while large quantities of water are poured over the face.Under the argument above, either incarceration is torture or waterboarding is not....
  • I've always been on the fence about whether waterboarding constituted torture.
  • Amnesty International once again show their true political colours in a campaign ad against the practice of waterboarding.

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