question (ask a person about something): The police questioned her for half an hour.
interview (ask a person questions in an interview): We interviewed twenty applicants for the job.
interrogate (ask someone a lot of questions in a threatening way): They will interrogate the two suspects separately.
quiz (ask someone questions in order to get information): A journalist quizzed him for an hour.
cross-examine (ask someone detailed questions in order to discover if they have been telling the truth): The defendant’s attorney will get a chance to cross-examine witnesses?
grill (ask someone a lot of questions in an unpleasant way): The police spent weeks grilling the suspects.
debrief (question someone in detail about an important job they have done): They debrief the pilots after every mission.
