to waterboard
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- verb
- /ˈwɔːtərbɔːrd/
- Offensive
- Can we waterboard him?
- detainees were waterboarded
- waterboard terrorists
- waterboarding terror suspects
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Watch on YouTubeAnd they said, Oh my God, we waterboarded him once, and look what he gave us.
- And they said, Oh my God, we waterboarded him once, and look what he gave us.
- But you know, no terrorists should be waterboarded.
- So if anybody is doing the rewatch with us and they watched the water boarding scene with Caitlin, just know that she was being waterboarded.
- It's water because that pun is so tortured, it's like being waterboarded.
Examples
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I would waterboard the hell out of someone if my children's lives were in imminent danger.
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And they said, Oh my God, we waterboarded him once, and look what he gave us.
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No, but I know how to waterboard, though.
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Can we please waterboard them and get this over with?
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So, I thought they were gonna waterboard you for the rugby thing.
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I'm not going to waterboard her, I just...
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We're not gonna suck you off, we're gonna waterboard you.
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Then they went back to waterboarding him.
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We're gonna waterboard you.
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The soldiers were ordered to waterboard the captured enemy to extract information.
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Etymology
The verb waterboard is formed from water and board and literally means 'to pour water over someone's face while they lie on a board to make them feel like they are drowning'. So to waterboard someone is to use that method to torture them.