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What does waterboarding mean?

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Noun
  1. 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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The review questioned the effectiveness of harsh interrogation methods employed by CIA interrogators, such as waterboarding.
They said the intent is not to use that as an opening for possible use of waterboarding, an interrogation technique that simulates drowning.
Amnesty International once again show their true political colours in a campaign ad against the practice of waterboarding.
Republicans have insisted in recent weeks that she and other Democrats knew waterboarding was in use but made no attempt to protest.
But that was not the result of harsh techniques, including waterboarding, which were not introduced until August.
As a visual culture driven by images on TV and in the movies, waterboarding is a conveniently cinematic form of torture.

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