CATECHIZED Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

catechized

verb

past tense of catechize

as in asked

to put a question or questions to her roommates catechized her about every detail of her first day at her new job

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as in interrogated

to put a series of questions to applicants are rigorously catechized by the seminary's rector regarding their motives for joining the priesthood

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Those in the area who wish to donate supplies such as water and sports drinks are asked to drop them off at Clear Fork Bank in Mineral Wells.

— Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
Eisenkot also led Netanyahu 47% to 34% when respondents were asked who was better suited to serve as prime minister.

— Deborah Danan, Sun Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026

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Cordovez questioned whether the city had acted too broadly by closing every public pool in Hialeah after the Florida Department of Health singled out Bucky Dent Water Park and shut it down following an inspection that documented 34 violations.

— Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026
Chitty was newly assigned to oversee the case following the removal of the Collin County judge who presided over the high-profile murder trial after the defense questioned his impartiality.

— Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026

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Khan’s lawyers and family have also accused the government of defying a court order that required him to be examined at the private Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
These cases represent a fraction of the unidentified victims whose remains have been examined over the years.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2026

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The two victims met every night from April 1-3 at Pinder’s apartment in Sweetwater, where they were quizzed about the fraternity’s history and beaten with paddles and canes for wrong answers, according to the affidavits.

— Ana Claudia Chacin, Miami Herald, 10 Aug. 2026
For smaller models, there’s also a distilling process where the new model is quizzed on answers by a more complex model (sometimes one from a competitor).

— Julien Khaleghy, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

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