All 6 Uses

interrogate
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How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
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"Are you a whore?" the father interrogated his daughter.†
Chpt 1.2

interrogated = asked a series of questions of someone
But still, we feel rotten when a pale Fifi marches into our bedroom awhile later after a grueling interrogation in Tia Carmen's bedroom.†
Chpt 2.6

interrogation = the process of asking a series of questions of someone
Mami's voice was high and hesitant and slightly apologetic-a small, accented woman's voice among the booming, impersonal American male voices that interrogated her.†
Chpt 2.8

interrogated = asked a series of questions of someone
The interrogation proceeded through a description of the man's appearance, and then the dreaded question came.
Chpt 2.8 *

interrogation = questioned in an aggressive manner
Children and servants are two groups they always interrogate.†
Chpt 3.11

interrogate = ask a series of questions of someone
If nothing turns up and the family has connections, then back they go to the prison beat, cleaning interrogation rooms and watering down the cells the poor, scared bastards dirty with their loss of self-control.†
Chpt 3.11

interrogation = the process of asking a series of questions of someone

Definitions:

(1) (interrogate)
ask a series of questions of someone -- typically asked by law enforcement officials or by someone in an aggressive manner
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Much more rarely, interrogate can mean to submit a query (question) to a computer system.