All 3 Uses of
interrogate
in
The Poisonwood Bible
- The whole time Father was interrogating us on the porch, in my mind's eye I was seeing her slumped over in the kitchen house, banging in mortal frustration against that locomotive engine of a stove.†
Chpt 1 *interrogating = asking a series of questions of someone
- He always ended these interrogations with an exasperated, loud private conversation with God concerning our hopelessness.†
Chpt 1
- My beloved was interrogated to the tune of a broken rib, taken to Léopoldville, and imprisoned in the rat-infested courtyard of what was once a luxurious embassy.†
Chpt 5interrogated = asked a series of questions of someone
Definitions:
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(1)
(interrogate) ask a series of questions of someone -- typically asked by law enforcement officials or by someone in an aggressive manner
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, interrogate can mean to submit a query (question) to a computer system.