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debriefed

debriefed is the simple past and past participle of debrief.

Meaning of debrief

Verb

debrief (third-person singular simple present debriefs, present participle debriefing, simple past and past participle debriefed)

  1. (transitive) To question someone after a military mission in order to obtain information (especially intelligence).
    • But, for whatever combination of reasons - and, to be fair, he'd been blasted in the face by shrapnel, was probably badly concussed, and, indeed, would actually remember nothing from the battle after he'd been hit when he was later debriefed - aside from two destroyers left behind to help Hiei, the...2021 March 10, Drachinifel, 24:41 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN), archived from the original on 07 Nov 2022
  2. (transitive) To question someone, or a group of people, after the implementation of a project, in order to learn from mistakes, etc.
  3. (transitive) To inform subjects of an experiment about what has happened in a complete and accurate manner.

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Words formed from debriefed

Questions about debriefed

What is debriefed the simple past and past participle of?
Debriefed is the simple past and past participle of debrief.

Words near debriefed in the dictionary

  1. debriders
  2. debrides
  3. debriding
  4. debridings
  5. debrief
  6. debriefed
  7. debriefee
  8. debriefees
  9. debriefer
  10. debriefers
  11. debriefing

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