Interrogate

Quick meaning: Interrogate is a verb meaning (transitive) To question or quiz, especially in a thorough or aggressive manner.

Meaning

(transitive) To question or quiz, especially in a thorough or aggressive manner.

More Meanings

1. (transitive, computing) To query (something); to request information from (something).
2. (transitive, literary) To examine (something) critically.

Example Sentences

to interrogate a database

The police interrogated the suspect at some length before they let him go.

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.

Word Forms

• interrogates
• interrogating
• interrogated

Synonyms for interrogate

Depending on context, synonyms include question.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include question, query, inquire, ask, querying, questioning.

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