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waterboarding

[ waw-ter-bawr-ding, wot-±ð°ù‑ ]

noun

  1. a form of torture in which water is poured onto the face and head of the immobilized victim so as to induce a fear of drowning.


waterboarding

/ ˈ·Éɔ˳Ùəˌ²úɔ˻åɪŋ /

noun

  1. a 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
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of waterboarding1

First recorded in 2000–05; water + board + -ing 1
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There’s a fight right up at the top where Levon swings a bucket of nails into a gangster’s face, and after that, his character defaults to his special-ops training: He can’t wait to get to waterboarding.

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Had the United States not authorized a program of what was euphemistically referred to by the administration of George W. Bush as “enhanced interrogation techniques,†including beatings, waterboarding, sleep deprivation, sexual humiliation, sensory bombardment and all too much more, those trials could have been held in a timely fashion and in federal court on the mainland.

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Mohammed was subjected to simulated drowning, or "waterboarding", 183 times while held in secret CIA prisons following his arrest in 2003.

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Following his arrest in Pakistan in 2003, Mohammed spent three years at secret CIA prisons known as "black sites" where he was subjected to simulated drowning, or "waterboarding", 183 times, among other so-called "advanced interrogation techniques" that included sleep deprivation and forced nudity.

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For instance, under George W. Bush the office declared that waterboarding was not torture under the legal definition of that word, which shut down any possible prosecution of CIA or military intelligence operators who had ordered or conducted waterboarding of detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere.

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