Debrief

Quick meaning: Debrief is a verb meaning (transitive) To question someone after a military mission in order to obtain information (especially intelligence).

Meaning

(transitive) To question someone after a military mission in order to obtain information (especially intelligence).

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To question someone, or a group of people, after the implementation of a project, in order to learn from mistakes, etc.
2. (transitive) To inform subjects of an experiment about what has happened in a complete and accurate manner.

Example Sentences

But, for whatever combination of reasons - and, to be fair, he'd been blasted in the face by shrapnel, was probably badly concussed, and, indeed, would actually remember nothing from the battle after he'd been hit when he was later debriefed - aside from two destroyers left behind to help Hiei, the rest of the Japanese forces withdrew north just before 0300 in the morning.

Word Forms

• debriefs
• debriefing
• debriefed

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include interview, minutes, interrogation, briefing, interrogate, questioning.

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