INTERROGATED Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

interrogated

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past tense of interrogate

as in asked

to put a question or questions to interrogated him about where he'd gone the night before

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as in examined

to put a series of questions to police interrogated the murder suspect for hours on end

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Recent Examples of interrogated The union also says the management company interrogated and surveilled workers during a strike in June, when employees walked out to fight for higher wages and better benefits. — Aki Nace, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026 Patricia Ripley, 51, argued that she was sleep-deprived when police interrogated her about the May 21, 2020, disappearance — and later killing — of her son Alejandro Ripley, who had severe autism and could not speak. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2026 As for coming to America in 2026, who would shoulder the exorbitant costs and the travel challenges, let alone the risk of being pulled out of a line at the Atlanta airport, interrogated, and sent back home for joking about penalty shoot-outs? — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 17 July 2026 The brothers’ previous films included 2021’s Camp Confidential, about European Jews who found asylum in America after fleeing Nazi Europe, enlisted in the Army, and interrogated Nazi war criminals at a secret camp. — Marisa Fox, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026 Along these routes, the bulldozers piled up mounds to enclose fortified compounds, military outposts and detention facilities where Palestinians were interrogated and tortured. — Literary Hub, 16 July 2026 After being interrogated, Hale was hanged at age 21, about two months after the Declaration of Independence. — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026 Information still needs to be interrogated, narratives stress-tested and probabilities translated into exposure limits. — Peter Doyle, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026 While Europeans at Ellis Island did face medical inspections and some were even detained, Asians and Pacific Islanders at Angel Island were especially not welcomed; because of anti-Chinese exclusion laws, they instead were inspected, interrogated and detained in prison-like conditions. — Matt Alderton, USA Today, 22 June 2026

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Last week, when asked about the health of Wood and CJ Abrams, manager Blake Butera had said that both were playing at close to 100 percent.

— Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Filming a scene in which Isaiah humiliates Cam, Withers asked Wayans to crack jokes about Kionte’s death — the defining event of Withers’ life, and his lowest point.

— Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of asked

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Afterward, rescuers and a veterinary team from the University of California, Davis examined the horse and sedated it.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026
However, no one had directly examined fully strained films thinner than about four nanometers using techniques capable of measuring both the motion and spin of electrons at the same time.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of examined

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Beyond the audience reaction in Sundance, Wilde questioned the fact that comedy as a genre had come disconnected from cinema audiences.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2026
Councilman Dean Vakas initially questioned how units sold near market value fit within the definition of missing middle.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of questioned

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The two victims met every night from April 1 through April 3 at an apartment in Sweetwater where they were quizzed and beaten with paddles and canes for wrong answers, according to the affidavit.

— Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026
On Watch What Happens Live, Andy Cohen quizzed Hiller on some career lowlights, including a diarrhea story that didn’t involve cyclospora but did name-drop Sam Mendes.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 July 2026

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