waterboard
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waterboard noun
- A board set up to windward in a boat, to keep out water.
- A public commission charged with overseeing water quality in a particular area.
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waterboard verb
- To subject to waterboarding, to pour water over a cloth covering the face and breathing passages of an immobilized captive“We waterboarded the suspect, but he refused to confess.”
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weatherboardfloatboardwater breakerwindboardfloat boardwater-breakerwaterboatwake boatweighboardfairwaterwooldingwaterheadwinding holewater glasswashwhelp
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