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. Leonard Rubenstein:

   Policies barring participation in interrogation and force feeding are necessary to enable health professionals to fulfill ethical obligations adopted by the health professions to avoid inflicting harm, to be loyal to their patients, and to exercise independent professional judgment, adherence to these ethical standards protects the rights of members of the military and detainees in military custody and also makes our military stronger by avoiding a gulf between military and civilian medicine that could impair recruiting of well qualified health professionals.

2. Ron Wyden:

   The Morell report confirms some extremely troubling facts about Deputy Director Gina Haspel and the destruction of interrogation videotapes, gina Haspel didn't just draft the cable that authorized the destruction of the tapes, Gina Haspel played a key role in events surrounding the drafting of the cable.

3. Eric Hawkins:

   This was due to concerns expressed about his past work related to interrogation techniques.

4. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas:

   If it were necessary to, say, prevent a city from facing an imminent terrorist attack, you can rest assured that as commander in chief, I would use whatever enhanced interrogation methods we could to keep this country safe.

5. Wu Hailong:

   Since 2014, public security authorities have comprehensively adopted the audio and video recording system for the entire process of interrogation of criminal suspects for major cases, and will gradually apply this system to all criminal cases.