Answer
Answer verb - To speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction.
Usage example: didn't answer right away when the detective asked him where he'd been for the last three hours
Interrogate
Interrogate verb - To put a question or questions to.
Usage example: interrogated him about where he'd gone the night before
Common collocations
| way | answer way | interrogate way |
Both words in one sentence
- Then they interrogate Chesterfield, who, being much more... patriotic, refuses to answer even after days of torture that even the Confederate soldiers are worried about.
Source: Cassandra Gambit - After they stop torturing him and interrogate him somewhat more civilly, Jamal tells them, in the form of flashbacks to his life story, exactly how he was able to get each answer right.
Source: Interrogated for Nothing - It turns out that Ryu has been saving up those coupons so he can interrogate Haru about the whereabouts of his sister and make him answer truthfully about it, because he did say that he'd do anything.
Source: Plot Device All Along
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