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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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“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.

“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.

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

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

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.

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