waterboardv.
/ˈwɔːtəˌbɔːd/, U.S. /ˈwɔdərˌbɔrd/, /ˈwɑdərˌbɔrd/ Originally and chiefly U.S.
transitive. To subject (a person) to waterboarding (waterboarding n. 2). Frequently in passive.
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2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 17 June a14/1 Senior officials have said Mr. Mohammed was ‘waterboarded’, a technique in which his head was pushed under water and he was made to believe that he might drown.
2007 Church Times 5 Apr. 30/3 I do not know whether those who refuse to sign are to be waterboarded. I suppose it would be a change from burning them alive.
2012 Sight & Sound Apr. 75/3 While observing his colleagues waterboarding Frost during an interrogation, he asks—shocked, shocked!—whether it's legal.
2014 L. Raphael Assault with Deadly Lie 15 I'm telling you, if they could waterboard suspects, they'd do it.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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