Waterboarding
noun
A method of torture in which someone is forced to breathe in water.
The prisoner was subjected to waterboarding as a means of extracting information.
Often appears as...
- undergo waterboarding
- subjected to waterboarding
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Disapproving
noun
A method of torture in which someone is forced to breathe in water.
The prisoner was subjected to waterboarding as a means of extracting information.
Often appears as...
- undergo waterboarding
- subjected to waterboarding
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Waterboarding is perceived negatively, as it's a form of torture.
News reports about waterboarding often spark outrage.
Pro Tip 2/3Legal Implications
Using waterboarding is illegal and considered a war crime in international law.
The military tribunal condemned the use of waterboarding.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Usage
References to waterboarding may be related to historical events or war times.
Historians debate the use of waterboarding in past conflicts.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Waterboarding is perceived negatively, as it's a form of torture.
News reports about waterboarding often spark outrage.
Pro Tip 2/3Legal Implications
Using waterboarding is illegal and considered a war crime in international law.
The military tribunal condemned the use of waterboarding.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Usage
References to waterboarding may be related to historical events or war times.
Historians debate the use of waterboarding in past conflicts.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Waterboarding is perceived negatively, as it's a form of torture.
News reports about waterboarding often spark outrage.
Pro Tip 2/3Legal Implications
Using waterboarding is illegal and considered a war crime in international law.
The military tribunal condemned the use of waterboarding.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Usage
References to waterboarding may be related to historical events or war times.
Historians debate the use of waterboarding in past conflicts.
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Daniel Raven-Ellison:...
people's awareness to a geography that existed within the landscape raising that awareness through that particular gorilla intervention in this case you might recognize the building in the background it was blown up in the recent Bond movie we were drawing awareness to extraordinary rendition and waterboarding by holding in international water boarding
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How to win an argument...
which meant the end of ghost prisons worldwide, the end of waterboarding worldwide and an end to those Guantanamo military tribunals. By methodically building the case, and getting into the justices' heads, we were able to quite literally change the world.
Video examples
Daniel Raven-Ellison:...
people's awareness to a geography that existed within the landscape raising that awareness through that particular gorilla intervention in this case you might recognize the building in the background it was blown up in the recent Bond movie we were drawing awareness to extraordinary rendition and waterboarding by holding in international water boarding
Video examples
How to win an argument...
which meant the end of ghost prisons worldwide, the end of waterboarding worldwide and an end to those Guantanamo military tribunals. By methodically building the case, and getting into the justices' heads, we were able to quite literally change the world.
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Quote examples
Jose Rodriguez
American Public Servant
Our waterboarding program is based on the U.S. military training program... tens of thousands of U.S. servicemen were waterboarded pursuant to this program to prepare them for the possibility of being captured someday so that they would know what it felt like.
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Rob McElhenney
American Actor
It just so happens that people aren't doing comedy about abortion or cannibalism or waterboarding. And that to me doesn't necessarily mean that there aren't aspects of those subjects that are funny, it just means that people are too uptight.
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Matt Apuzzo
American Journalist
We're a country that allowed waterboarding and indefinite detention, and we're a country where the NYPD Intelligence Division has police files on what Muslims think of the State of the Union address.
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Jeff Sessions
American Politician
Congress has taken an action now that makes it absolutely improper and illegal to use waterboarding... or any other form of torture by our military and by our other departments and agencies.
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Mike Gallagher
American Critic
The silliest, most frustrating national dialogue has been this chattering about waterboarding and slapping around bad guys in order to extract information from them.
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Andrew Breitbart
American Businessman
The real hate crime these days is the Orwellian intimidation wielded by the Left against those that don't think the way they do. It's worse than waterboarding.
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Aaron Schock
American Politician
I don't believe that we should limit waterboarding - or, quite frankly, any other alternative torture technique - if it means saving Americans' lives.
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Jerrold Nadler
American Politician
Torture, including practices like waterboarding, violates the legal and moral standards of all civilized nations.
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Malcolm Nance
American Author
I have personally led, witnessed, and supervised waterboarding of hundreds of people.
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Tom Cotton
American Politician
Waterboarding isn't torture. We do waterboarding to our own soldiers in the military.
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Jose Rodriguez
American Public Servant
Our waterboarding program is based on the U.S. military training program... tens of thousands of U.S. servicemen were waterboarded pursuant to this program to prepare them for the possibility of being captured someday so that they would know what it felt like.
Quote examples
Rob McElhenney
American Actor
It just so happens that people aren't doing comedy about abortion or cannibalism or waterboarding. And that to me doesn't necessarily mean that there aren't aspects of those subjects that are funny, it just means that people are too uptight.
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Matt Apuzzo
American Journalist
We're a country that allowed waterboarding and indefinite detention, and we're a country where the NYPD Intelligence Division has police files on what Muslims think of the State of the Union address.
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Jeff Sessions
American Politician
Congress has taken an action now that makes it absolutely improper and illegal to use waterboarding... or any other form of torture by our military and by our other departments and agencies.
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Mike Gallagher
American Critic
The silliest, most frustrating national dialogue has been this chattering about waterboarding and slapping around bad guys in order to extract information from them.
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Andrew Breitbart
American Businessman
The real hate crime these days is the Orwellian intimidation wielded by the Left against those that don't think the way they do. It's worse than waterboarding.
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Aaron Schock
American Politician
I don't believe that we should limit waterboarding - or, quite frankly, any other alternative torture technique - if it means saving Americans' lives.
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Jerrold Nadler
American Politician
Torture, including practices like waterboarding, violates the legal and moral standards of all civilized nations.
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Malcolm Nance
American Author
I have personally led, witnessed, and supervised waterboarding of hundreds of people.
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Tom Cotton
American Politician
Waterboarding isn't torture. We do waterboarding to our own soldiers in the military.
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