Usually means: Simulated drowning interrogation technique torture.
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  1. waterboarding: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. waterboarding: Merriam-Webster
  3. waterboarding: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. waterboarding: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Waterboarding, waterboarding: Wordnik
  6. waterboarding: Wiktionary
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  1. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)

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  1. waterboarding: Wordcraft Dictionary

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  1. waterboarding: Urban Dictionary

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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.

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