waterboarding
US /'wɔ:tərbɔ:rdɪŋ/
・UK /'wɔ:təbɔ:dɪŋ/
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n.NounThe practice of causing a person to suffer a physical and psychological sensation similar to that of drowning by strapping them head-down on a sloping board with the mouth and nose covered while water is poured over their face, typically in order to coerce them to cooperate in an interrogation. The practice is classed as torture by some groups.
Under the argument above, either incarceration is torture or waterboarding is not.
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Terrorism, War, and Bush 43: Crash Course US History #46
- But the Defense Department did condone the continued use of so-called enhanced interrogation techniques, like waterboarding, which most countries do consider torture.
But the Defense Department did condone the continued use of so-called enhanced interrogation techniques, like waterboarding, which most countries do consider torture.
- techniques” like waterboarding. Which most countries do consider torture.
techniques” like waterboarding. Which most countries do consider torture.
President-Elect Trump: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
- They have seen Donald Trump's statements on the campaign trail, talking about waterboarding, talking about bombing with little regard to civilian casualties, talking about taking the oil in Iraq.
They have seen Donald Trump's statements on the campaign trail, talking about waterboarding, talking about bombing with little regard to civilian casualties, talking about taking the oil in Iraq.
- WATERBOARDING, TALKING ABOUT
WATERBOARDING, TALKING ABOUT
15 WORST Things the CIA Has Done
- The DOJ argued that practices such as waterboarding, sleep deprivation, and stress positions could be legally permissible under an expansive interpretation of presidential authority.
The DOJ argued that practices such as waterboarding, sleep deprivation, and stress positions could be legally permissible under an expansive interpretation of presidential authority.
- The DOG argued that practices such as waterboarding, sleep deprivation, and
The DOG argued that practices such as waterboarding, sleep deprivation, and