during the Vietnam War and the War on terror, by the Pinochet regime in Chile, by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, by British security forces during the Troubles, and by South African police during the Apartheid era. Waterboarding has been used in diverse places and at various points in history, including the Spanish and Flemish Inquisitions, by the United States military during the Philippine–American War, by Japanese and German officials during World War II, by the French in the Algerian War, by the U.S. The term "water board torture" appeared in press reports as early as 1976. Adverse physical effects can last for months, and psychological effects for years. Waterboarding can cause extreme pain, damage to lungs, brain damage from oxygen deprivation, other physical injuries including broken bones due to struggling against restraints, and lasting psychological damage. Normally, water is poured intermittently to prevent death however, if the water is poured uninterruptedly it will lead to death by asphyxia. Torturers pour water onto the face over the breathing passages, causing an almost immediate gag reflex and creating a drowning sensation for the captive. In the most common method of waterboarding, the captive's face is covered with cloth or some other thin material and immobilized on their back at an incline of 10 to 20 degrees. Waterboarding is a form of torture in which water is poured over a cloth covering the face and breathing passages of an immobilized captive, causing the person to experience the sensation of drowning. Published on the front cover of The Washington Post on 21 January 1968. Two United States soldiers and one South Vietnamese soldier waterboard a captured North Vietnamese prisoner of war near Da Nang. ( April 2016) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) You may improve this article, discuss the issue on the talk page, or create a new article, as appropriate.
When the financial irregularities were discovered, the CEO gagged everyone in the accounting department.The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with the United States and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject.( transitive, figuratively) To restrain someone's speech without using physical means.Markham's jewel- case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared. ” “ Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible, gagged and bound, on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck whilst Mrs.( transitive) To restrain someone's speech by blocking his or her mouth.Army, slang) To smoke: to order a recruit to exercise until he "gags" ( usually spoken in exaggeration). ( Can we clean up(+) this sense?) (U.S.( transitive) To cause to heave with nausea.( intransitive) To experience the vomiting reflex.Verbe SG gags PR gagging PT, PP gagged +.( archaic) A mouthful that makes one retch or choke.A convulsion of the upper digestive tract.Plow” are, but even the relatively unheralded episodes offer wall-to-wall laughs and some of the smartest, darkest, and weirdest gags ever Trojan- horsed into a network cartoon with a massive family audience. We all know how genius “Kamp Krusty,” “A Streetcar Named Marge,” “ Homer The Heretic,” “ Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie” and “Mr.( law) An order or rule forbidding discussion of a case or subject.A device to restrain speech, such as a rag in the mouth secured with tape or a rubber ball threaded onto a cord or strap.
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