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interrogator

[in-ter-uh-gey-ter] / ɪnˈtɛr əˌgeɪ tər /
NOUN
inquisitor
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With this method, a device called an interrogator shoots laser pulses down the length of a cable, and some of the light bounces back.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 9, 2026

"I made a mistake," he says, his voice trembling as an unseen interrogator presses him about the deaths of members of Iran's security forces.

From Barron's Jan. 26, 2026

“I told my interrogator, ‘Look, you are questioning me now.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 15, 2025

Yet in scenes she described as "horrific but humanising", prisoners rushed to help injured guards, calming a panicked female officer and bandaging the wounds of a crying interrogator.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2025

A bit of an interrogator herself, now that I think about it—same job as the rest of them, pulling sensational stories out of reluctant sources.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein




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