waterboarding

English

Noun

waterboarding (usually uncountable, plural waterboardings)

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.

Translations

torture technique

Chinese:
Mandarin: 水刑 (zh) (shuǐxíng)
Finnish: vesikidutus
French: simulacre de noyade m
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can

Portuguese: afogamento simulado m
Russian: пы́тка водо́й f (pýtka vodój)
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: skendränkning c
Uyghur: please add this translation if you can

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