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In some senses, interrogate is marked as literary. Watch for register when choosing this word.
interrogate
UK /ɪnˈtɛɹ.ə.ɡeɪt/ US /ɪnˈtɛɹ.əˌɡeɪt/
verb 3
Collocations
3ADJ.
aware
VERB + INTERROGATE
don't, knows, let's, police, want
INTERROGATE + NOUN
database, people, racism, tom
Definitions
verb
1
To question or quiz, especially in a thorough or aggressive manner.
The police interrogated the suspect at some length before they let him go.
2
To query (something); to request information from (something).
to interrogate a database
3
To examine (something) critically.
Griffin's approach allows her to reveal Billie Holiday's resilient strength of character and to interrogate the racism she endured, which was as tragic as her personal mistakes.
Within the contemporary US context, the construct of childhood innocence is a powerful social myth that structures children’s social relations and culture and informs their rights and status in society. In this article, I interrogate the construct of childhood innocence to examine how it operates as an exclusionary form of social practice.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
verb — pose a series of questions to
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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The police interrogated the suspect at some length before they let him go.
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to interrogate a database
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Griffin's approach allows her to reveal Billie Holiday's resilient strength of character and to interrogate the racism she endured, which was as tragic as her personal mistakes.
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He knows how to interrogate people.
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Their job is to interrogate suspects.
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The police want to interrogate Tom.
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