Usually means: Forced water ingestion as torture.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. water cure: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. water cure: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. water cure: Collins English Dictionary
  4. water-cure, water cure: Wordnik
  5. water-cure, water cure: Wiktionary
  6. water cure: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. water cure: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. water cure: Dictionary.com
  9. The Water Cure (Mackintosh novel), The Water Cure, Water cure (therapy), Water cure (torture), Water cure: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Water cure: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. Water cure: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. water cure: FreeDictionary.org
  13. water cure: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. water cure: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (water cure)

noun:  (dated) Treatment of pain and illness using water, particularly bathing.
noun:  A form of torture in which the victim is forced to drink large quantities of water in a short time.

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