English Explanatory Dictionary

waterboarding

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A torture technique in which the victim is immobilized, has towels or rags wrapped over their face, and has water poured onto them, causing them to experience the sensation of drowning.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of waterboard

Word forms

waterboarding waterboardings

Etymology

From waterboard + -ing.

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