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interrogator

[in-ter-uh-gay-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

The interrogator said Blunt was not "at ease" as he spoke, and every question "was followed by a long pause" while he "seemed to be debating with himself how to answer it".

From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2025

“I’ll ask you just one more time,” the chief interrogator said.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden


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