waterboarding
noun
wa·ter·board·ing
ˈwȯ-tər-ˌbȯr-diŋ 
ˈwä-
: 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
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That's where Elijah and six other boys made numerous claims of abuse, including waterboarding, whippings, beatings and starvation.
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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
Bravo was already locking horns with one another, wanting to intercede on the waterboarding but told by Davis to stand down.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 1 Sep. 2024
By then, agency interrogators had held them for years incommunicado and tortured them, including subjecting Mohammed to a record 183 rounds of waterboarding, a decision that would stymie years of efforts to put the men on trial.
—Carol Rosenberg, Orlando Sentinel, 31 July 2024
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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
Bravo was already locking horns with one another, wanting to intercede on the waterboarding but told by Davis to stand down.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 1 Sep. 2024
By then, agency interrogators had held them for years incommunicado and tortured them, including subjecting Mohammed to a record 183 rounds of waterboarding, a decision that would stymie years of efforts to put the men on trial.
—Carol Rosenberg, Orlando Sentinel, 31 July 2024
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