Standard Lemma guide
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noun
A torture technique in which the victim is immobilized, has towels or rags wrapped over their face, and has water poured onto them, causing them to experience the sensation of drowning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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verb
present participle and gerund of waterboard
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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History
Etymology tree English waterboard Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English waterboarding From waterboard + -ing.
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Across languages
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
