"waterboarding" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: waterboardings [plural]
Etymology: From waterboard + -ing. Etymology templates: {{af|en|waterboard|-ing|id2=gerund noun}} waterboard + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} 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. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Torture Translations (torture technique): 水刑 (shuǐxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), vesikidutus (Finnish), simulacre de noyade [masculine] (French), ウォーターボーディング (wōtābōdingu) (Japanese), afogamento simulado [masculine] (Portuguese), пы́тка водо́й (pýtka vodój) [feminine] (Russian), submarino [masculine] (Spanish), skendränkning [common-gender] (Swedish), trấn nước (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-waterboarding-en-noun-~Bc8xjts Disambiguation of Torture: 56 44 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

Etymology: From waterboard + -ing. Etymology templates: {{af|en|waterboard|-ing|id2=participial}} waterboard + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} waterboarding
  1. present participle and gerund of waterboard Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: waterboard
    Sense id: en-waterboarding-en-verb-hiyg4jyM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ing (participial) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 86 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (participial): 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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