waterboard
verb[T]
uk/ˈwɔː.təˌbɔːd/us/ˈwɑː.t̬ɚˌbɔːrd/topractisewaterboarding(=holdingsomeonefacingupwardswhilewaterispouredinlargequantitiesovertheirface):
施水刑，坐水凳Prisoners areknownto have been waterboarded.囚犯被施水刑，这已经不是新闻了。
Thespyagencyhasconfirmedit waterboarded him intoconfessing.反间处承认对他用了水刑才使他招供。
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waterboarding
- He was among threesuspectswho were waterboarded.
- I was waterboarded notoncebut threetimesduring theinterrogation.
- We might have to waterboard them to get theanswers.
Punishing by causing pain
- birch
- cane
- caning
- cat-o'-nine-tails
- corporal punishment
- flagellate
- horsewhip
- lynch
- lynch law
- lynching
- mortification
- paddle
- smack
- spanking
- tar and feathersomeoneidiom
- thrashing
- thumbscrew
- waterboarding
- whip
- whipping