cross-question

verb

Definition of cross-questionnext
as in to examine

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  1. examine
  2. cross-examine
  3. bombard
  4. interrogate
  5. besiege
  6. ask
Verb
  • As the deputy gets closer to examine the animal, the deer suddenly springs to life.
    — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
  • To be clear, the mundaneness, examined piecemeal, is undeniably horrific.
    — Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of examine
Verb
  • On Friday morning, Riverside attorneys will cross-examine Powell.
    — Luke Cyphers, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The hearing gives Robinson's defense team a chance to cross-examine those witnesses, and the proceeding could reveal previously undisclosed evidence in the case.
    — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 1 Jan. 2026
Definition of cross-examine
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  • Chieftain Rajah Tupas resisted the Spanish for nearly a month before Legazpi bombarded local villages, forcing Tupas into a settlement.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Monday’s attack was the sixth straight day that Russia bombarded Kyiv.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of bombard
Verb
  • The technology had moved faster than the organization’s capacity to interrogate it, and no one positioned to stop the deployment had the standing, or the fluency, to ask what would happen if the update failed.
    — Amer Al Ahbabi, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Some years ago, when a foreign tourist was seen recording a video on a street in Beijing, he was stopped and interrogated by several dama wearing red armbands.
    — Jonathan Flint, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of interrogate
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  • In recent months, Israeli settlers have repeatedly besieged the village of Qusra, defying orders from the authorities to leave the area and trying to force Palestinian families, some of whom are also American citizens, out.
    — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
  • There has been a spate of Israeli settler violence in the West Bank, and the village of Qusra has been besieged by Israeli settlers for weeks.
    — F. Brinley Bruton, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of besiege
Verb
  • Explain what matters to you, then ask the other person to do the same.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Boone did not rule out that possibility when asked before Sunday’s game.
    — Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
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“Cross-question.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cross-question. Accessed 10 Sep. 2026.

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