Synonyms for interrogation
ɪnˌtɛr əˈgeɪ ʃənin·ter·ro·ga·tion

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1. question, interrogation, interrogative, interrogative sentencenoun

   a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply

   "he asked a direct question"; "he had trouble phrasing his interrogations"

   Synonyms:
   examination, enquiry, interrogative mood, doubtfulness, doubt, head, query, motion, interrogatory, interrogative sentence, interrogative, question, inquiry, dubiousness

2. interrogationnoun

   a transmission that will trigger an answering transmission from a transponder

   Synonyms:
   examination, enquiry, query, inquiry, interrogatory, interrogative sentence, interrogative, question

3. interrogation, examination, interrogatorynoun

   formal systematic questioning

   Synonyms:
   scrutiny, examination, enquiry, test, exam, examen, query, inquiry, interrogatory, interrogative sentence, interrogative, question, testing

4. question, inquiry, enquiry, query, interrogationnoun

   an instance of questioning

   "there was a question about my training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were present"

   Synonyms:
   examination, enquiry, doubtfulness, doubt, head, query, motion, interrogatory, interrogative sentence, interrogative, question, research, inquiry, dubiousness

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1. • Questioning
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1. interrogationnoun

   Synonyms:
   interrogating, questioning

2. interrogationnoun

   Synonyms:
   question, inquiry, interrogatory, query

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1. List of paraphrases for "interrogation":

   questioning, interrogating, interview, examination, interrogate, interpellation, examination-in-chief, interrogated, trial, cross-examination, questioned, investigation, interviewing

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1. Colleen Kraft:

   When she went back into the interrogation room, it just made me wonder, we have this executive order saying we're not going to be separating parents and children, and you look at the anguish on the face of this woman and child, you have to wonder, what's going to happen to them ? Did this executive order mean anything at all ?

2. Charles Krauthammer:

   We don't rely entirely on documents because you need to know the context, you need to know what was in the mind of the person referred to, they had over two years to interview and talk to anybody involved including the highest officials who were never excluded from interrogation in principle, but who were never spoken to, and then they end up releasing every single report without any of that.

3. Mufti Mahmud Khan:

   We are investigating whether they were mobilizing funds for militant activities in Bangladesh and or planning to carry out destructive action in the country, we will be able to confirm only after completion of interrogation.

4. Leonard Rubenstein:

   The order represents a recognition that Guantanamo Bay commanders were demanding activities by psychologists incompatible with the ethics of the psychological profession, that is not the end of the story regarding health professional participation in interrogation, though, as the directives that establish standards for health professionals throughout the military and which allow health professional participation in interrogation remain in place.

5. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei:

   They say we should let them interview our nuclear scientists. This means interrogation, i will not let foreigners talk to our scientists and to interrogate our dear children ... who brought us this extensive (nuclear) knowledge.