| 词汇 | waterboarding |
| 释义 | waterboarding noun[ U ] uk /ˈwɔː.təˌbɔː.dɪŋ/ us /ˈwɑː.t̬ɚˌbɔːr.dɪŋ/ a form of torture(= extreme physical or mental pain used to make someone give information) in which a person is held facing upwards while water is poured in large quantities over their face. This gives the person the feeling that they are drowning(= unable to breathe and dying): 水囚刑 They extracted confessions using simulated drowning, known as waterboarding. Waterboarding was prohibited under the new law. The Defense Department released a revised Army field manual that prohibits the use of waterboarding by military personnel. He has experienced waterboarding and sensory deprivation. Punishing by causing pain birch cane caning cat-o'-nine-tails corporal punishment flagellate lynch lynch law lynching mortification mortification of the fleshidiom paddle spanking tar the third degreeidiom thrashing thumbscrew waterboard whip whipping Related wordwaterboard |
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