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UK
/ɪntˈɛɹəɡˌeɪtɐ/
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[ US /ˌɪnˈtɛɹəˌɡeɪtɝ/ ]
[ US /ˌɪnˈtɛɹəˌɡeɪtɝ/ ]
NOUN
- a questioner who is excessively harsh
How To Use interrogator In A Sentence
- The discipline of the guards is not very good. Sentry duty wearies them, for they must also serve as torturers, interrogators and perform the duties of kidnappers.
- Russo said "interrogatories" have been filed by both sides, and that the case boils down to whether the trust is a "pool trust. Times Leader News
- A pair of slipshod feet shuffled, hastily, across the bare floor of the room, as this interrogatory was put; and there issued, from a door on the right hand; first, a feeble candle: and next, the form of the same individual who has been heretofore described as labouring under the infirmity of speaking through his nose, and officiating as waiter at the public – house on Saffron Hill. Oliver Twist
- Professor Ruse's interrogatory title probably reflects a vital question for important sectors of American society.
- The man fixed his interrogator with a steady gaze and spoke quietly but firmly. Times, Sunday Times
- Miss Fan lacked such an interrogator with whom she could whisper intimately.
- And he concluded that "strange as it may seem to say so," the most important characteristic of a successful interrogator is not his experience or even his linguistic knowledge; it is "his own temperament" and "his own character. Truth Extraction
- The courtroom became a vaudeville theatre, as the MP lampooned his interrogators, accusing them of making ‘schoolboy howler’ mistakes.
- An interrogator sends questions to a human and a machine in another room and tries to determine which is which. Times, Sunday Times
- Combining the administration of drugs like sodium penathol, baradanga, and sodium amytal with a skilled interrogator is normally quicker, more efficient and easier on the basement janitorial crew afterwards, provided you have the time. Matthew Yglesias » The Real Torture Debate