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N a form of torture in which the victim is immobilized and has water poured on his or her face, producing a severe gag reflex, to simulate drowning 水刑
Thousands of documented confessions found in the prison archives show he was the man who made prisoners talk by using means such as electrocution, water boarding, merciless beatings and mutilations.
在监狱档案中发现的数以千计的招供文件显示，他就是那个用包括电刑、水刑、毫不留情的殴打和致残等手段使犯人开口的人。
I know some have argued that brutal methods like water-boarding were necessary to keep us safe.
我知道，有人主张，为了保障我们的安全，诸如水刑之类的残忍手段是有必要的。
Mohammed,for example, was subject to a simulated drowning technique known as water boarding 183 times.
VOA: standard.2009.11.25
The Bush administration strenuously defended so-called "enhanced interrogation techniques" like sleep deprivation to obtain information from detainees, and admitted to harsher treatment, like the simulated drowning technique called water boarding, that was used in the immediate aftermath of the September 11 terror attacks.
VOA: standard.2009.08.24
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