waterboarding

English

Etymology 1

From waterboard +‎ -ing.

Noun

waterboarding (usually uncountable, plural waterboardings)

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.

Translations

torture technique

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水刑 (zh) (shuǐxíng)

• Finnish: vesikidutus
• French: simulacre de noyade m
• Japanese: ウォーターボーディング (wōtābōdingu)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: afogamento simulado m
• Russian: пы́тка водо́й f (pýtka vodój)
• Spanish: submarino (es) m
• Swedish: skendränkning c
• Uyghur: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: trấn nước

Etymology 2

From waterboard +‎ -ing.

Verb

waterboarding

1. present participle and gerund of waterboard