Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Sports Any of various boards, such as a kiteboard or wakeboard, used in waterboarding.
- noun A board to which a person is attached when being subjected to waterboarding.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Aboard set up on the edge of a boat to keep off spray, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A board set up to windward in a boat, to keep out water.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A board set up to
windward in aboat , to keep out water. - noun A public
commission charged with overseeing water quality in a particular area. - verb To subject to
waterboarding , a form of torture involving simulated drowning
Etymologies
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Examples
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I have to say with this, global warming deniers, intelligent design, tax cuts increase revenues, waterboard is not torture, Iraq had WMD, birthers, Saddam and 9/11 (I could go for a while) the amount of know nothingness is staggering.
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Let's waterboard him and get the truth out since waterboard is just a fact finding device. db
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TODD: For one of the waterboarded suspects, Abu Zubaydah, the CIA inspector general's report says: "It is not possible to say definitively that the waterboard is the reason for Abu Zubaydah's increased production."
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"It is not possible to say definitively that the waterboard is the reason for Abu Zubaydah's increased production [of intelligence information], or if another factor, such as the length of detention, was the catalyst," the inspector said.
First Read 2009
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Both the 2002 and 2005 memos permitted the "waterboard," a technique that involves covering a prisoner's face with a cloth and pouring water on it to create the panicked sensation of drowning.
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Both the 2002 and 2005 memos permitted the "waterboard," a technique that involves covering a prisoner's face with a cloth and pouring water on it to create the panicked sensation of drowning.
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Both the 2002 and 2005 memos permitted the "waterboard," a technique that involves covering a prisoner's face with a cloth and pouring water on it to create the panicked sensation of drowning.
The Smirking Chimp - News And Commentary from the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy 2009
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Or they would "waterboard" the prisoner with saltwater, which would kill him.
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Or they would "waterboard" the prisoner with saltwater, which would kill him.
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After he was subjected to the "waterboard" technique, KSM became cooperative, providing intelligence that led to the capture of key al Qaeda allies and, eventually, the closing down of an East Asian terrorist cell that had been tasked with carrying out the 9 / 11-style attack on Los Angeles.
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lily631 commented on the word waterboard
A type of torture in which the victim is immobilized, has rags placed over their face, and has water poured onto them, which creates the sensation of drowning.
-Wicktionary
April 18, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word waterboard
See also waterboarding.
April 18, 2009