water torture

noun

1. any of various forms of torture using water, esp one in which water drips or is slowly poured onto the victim's forehead

Example Sentences

“The personal accounts of beatings, electric shocks, water torture, and numerous other forms of cruel and degrading treatment, along with threats made against individuals and their families, are harrowing,” U.N.

From Seattle Times

Torture was used, including electric shocks, water torture and “other cruel, inhumane or degrading treatments,” the attorney general’s office said.

From Seattle Times

His treatment included being suspended from a ceiling beam for long periods of time, doused with ice water to deprive him of sleep for days, and subjected to beatings, water torture, forced enemas, sexual assault and starvation, Khan told a military courtroom as it considered his sentence in a military-run war crimes trial.

From Seattle Times

The drip-drip-drip of it is some form of water torture for the people who play in Washington.

From Washington Post

To deny the stronger, quicker Bruins the fast break, he ordered his players to rush back on defense and to execute their deliberate, small-ball offense, which one sportswriter likened to “water torture.”

From Washington Post