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noun
Torture performed at detainees by the US Armed Forces.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, euphemistic
Qualifier: typically in the plural
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: torture
History
Coined the George W. Bush administration, with the antecedent German verschärfte Vernehmung (“enhanced interrogation”). Compare enhanced interrogation.
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