waterboarding

noun

wa·​ter·​board·​ing ˈwȯ-tər-ˌbȯr-diŋ 

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: an interrogation technique usually regarded as a form of torture in which water is forced into a detainee's mouth and nose so as to induce the sensation of drowning

Examples of waterboarding in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

It has also been revealed that waterboarding was done by a three-person interrogation team led by Bruce Jessen and James E. Mitchell, two former contract psychologists for the agency. —Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025

The series was sold on co-creator Ryan Murphy’s trademark snark; the first line spoken in the pilot was a waterboarding joke. —Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024

That's where Elijah and six other boys made numerous claims of abuse, including waterboarding, whippings, beatings and starvation. —Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 11 Sep. 2024

There will be several corpses by the conclusion, including one slain by the most unusual of methods: drowning caused by someone urinating into one’s mouth, like a cross between waterboarding and a golden shower. —Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

2004, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for waterboarding

• unrewarding
• according
• affording
• awarding
• keyboarding
• recording
• rewarding
• skateboarding
• snowboarding
• boarding
• cording
• fording