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waterboarded

waterboarded is the simple past and past participle of waterboard.

Meaning of waterboard

Verb

waterboard (third-person singular simple present waterboards, present participle waterboarding, simple past and past participle waterboarded)

  1. (transitive) 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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Questions about waterboarded

What is waterboarded the simple past and past participle of?
Waterboarded is the simple past and past participle of waterboard.

Words near waterboarded in the dictionary

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