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单词 waterboarding
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Definition of waterboarding in English:

waterboarding

noun ˈwɔːtəbɔːdɪŋˈwɔdərˌbɔrdɪŋ
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.

    水刑(一种类似溺水的审讯方式,先将人头朝下捆绑在一块斜板上,再把嘴和鼻盖住,然后将大量的水倾倒在脸上)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Republicans have insisted in recent weeks that she and other Democrats knew waterboarding was in use but made no attempt to protest.
    • She couldn't seem to explain when or where she had or possibly had not been told about water-boarding back in 2002 or perhaps 2003.
    • While in CIA custody, Mohammed was subjected to coercive interrogation techniques, culminating in waterboarding.
    • Amnesty International once again show their true political colours in a campaign ad against the practice of waterboarding.
    • In my mind, since the Spanish Inquisition, water-boarding has been torture.
    • It says they were exposed to beating, sleep deprivation and waterboarding.
    • It now is American government policy that waterboarding is torture.
    • Under the argument above, either incarceration is torture or waterboarding is not.
    • The review questioned the effectiveness of harsh interrogation methods employed by CIA interrogators, such as waterboarding.
    • I've always been on the fence about whether waterboarding constituted torture.
    • They depicted the use of "enhanced" interrogation techniques against two of three men known to have faced waterboarding by the CIA.
    • Although we likely won't know the whole story for some time, the use of torture like waterboarding has yielded important results too.
    • But that was not the result of harsh techniques, including waterboarding, which were not introduced until August.
    • As a visual culture driven by images on TV and in the movies, waterboarding is a conveniently cinematic form of torture.
    • They said the intent is not to use that as an opening for possible use of waterboarding, an interrogation technique that simulates drowning.
    • As far as I can tell you are attempting to redefine torture to exclude waterboarding and sleep deprivation.
    • The manual explicitly prohibits threats, coercion, physical abuse, and waterboarding, which creates the sensation of drowning.

Rhymes

according, hoarding, recording, unrewarding

Definition of waterboarding in US English:

waterboarding

nounˈwɔdərˌbɔrdɪŋˈwôdərˌbôrdiNG
  • An interrogation technique simulating the experience of drowning, in which a person is strapped, face up, to a board that slopes downward at the head, while large quantities of water are poured over the face into the breathing passages.

    水刑(一种类似溺水的审讯方式,先将人头朝下捆绑在一块斜板上,再把嘴和鼻盖住,然后将大量的水倾倒在脸上)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • As a visual culture driven by images on TV and in the movies, waterboarding is a conveniently cinematic form of torture.
    • The manual explicitly prohibits threats, coercion, physical abuse, and waterboarding, which creates the sensation of drowning.
    • As far as I can tell you are attempting to redefine torture to exclude waterboarding and sleep deprivation.
    • They said the intent is not to use that as an opening for possible use of waterboarding, an interrogation technique that simulates drowning.
    • Amnesty International once again show their true political colours in a campaign ad against the practice of waterboarding.
    • It says they were exposed to beating, sleep deprivation and waterboarding.
    • I've always been on the fence about whether waterboarding constituted torture.
    • But that was not the result of harsh techniques, including waterboarding, which were not introduced until August.
    • The review questioned the effectiveness of harsh interrogation methods employed by CIA interrogators, such as waterboarding.
    • While in CIA custody, Mohammed was subjected to coercive interrogation techniques, culminating in waterboarding.
    • They depicted the use of "enhanced" interrogation techniques against two of three men known to have faced waterboarding by the CIA.
    • Under the argument above, either incarceration is torture or waterboarding is not.
    • In my mind, since the Spanish Inquisition, water-boarding has been torture.
    • Republicans have insisted in recent weeks that she and other Democrats knew waterboarding was in use but made no attempt to protest.
    • She couldn't seem to explain when or where she had or possibly had not been told about water-boarding back in 2002 or perhaps 2003.
    • Although we likely won't know the whole story for some time, the use of torture like waterboarding has yielded important results too.
    • It now is American government policy that waterboarding is torture.
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