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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Clancy's attorneys have asked the judge to dismiss the criminal case.

— MICHAEL CASEY, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
Residents in the area are also being asked not to leave pet food outdoors or approach the animal to take photos.

— Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of asked

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His attorney’s office says he was interrogated without pain medication, while the Department of Homeland Security has released few details about what prompted the shooting.

— Anna Wilder, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
The plaintiffs alleged that some of those classified as especiales were taken to military facilities, interrogated, tortured, killed or forcibly disappeared.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of interrogated

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The article went viral, garnering pushback from the LGBT community over how it was covered and more attention to the LGBT bar itself from conservative pundits, who questioned why the bar still had a mask mandate.

— Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2026
That anyone who questioned this restriction was marginalized and excluded and actually thrown out of society.

— Jeff Spry, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of questioned

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The book examined the ways that social actors can respond to dysfunction and decline in organizations, from businesses to political parties and governments.

— Eyal Press, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Breakthrough Institute found 10 organizations files 67% of forest management lawsuits examined.

— Chris Edwards, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of examined

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Barbera and his team then decided to go ahead and hold the presser after online observers blasted Venice’s hesitation to cancel it as a move to shield jury members from being quizzed about politics.

— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 1 Sep. 2026
The cop then quizzed me about my girlfriend and her whereabouts.

— George Boedecker Jr, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026

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