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debrief
(redirected from debriefer)

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de·brief  (d-brf)
tr.v. de·briefed, de·brief·ing, de·briefs
1. To question to obtain knowledge or intelligence gathered especially on a military mission.
2. To instruct (a government agent, for example) not to reveal classified or secret information after employment has ceased.

debrief [diːˈbriːf]
vb
(Military) (of a soldier, astronaut, diplomat, etc.) to make or (of his superiors) to elicit a report after a mission or event Compare brief [13]
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Verb1.debrief - put someone through a debriefing and make him report; "The released hostages were debriefed"
query, question - pose a question

debrief
verb interrogate, question, examine, probe, quiz, cross-examine The men have been debriefed by officials.
Translations
debrief [ˌdiːˈbriːf] VThacer dar parte
debrief [ˌdiːˈbriːf] vtdemander un compte rendu de fin de mission à
debrief
vtbefragen; to be debriefedBericht erstatten
debrief [ˌdiːˈbriːf] vt (Mil) → chiamare a rapporto (a operazione ultimata)
debrief [ˌdiːˈbriːf] vt (Mil) → chiamare a rapporto (a operazione ultimata)


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Following the directions in our course manual, the role-playing debriefer encouraged us to talk about how scared we were, rehashing in the most graphic language how the blood had spurted from our colleague's wound, how we had panicked and had thought we would all be killed.
While the CIA is the nation's premier human intelligence agency, there is also a Defense HUMINT Service in the Defense Intelligence Agency that includes a range of human intelligence capabilities, such as the Defense Attache System (DAS), interrogators and debriefers.
Subsequently, the researchers met to compare their analyses and discuss the findings, using the uninvolved team member as a peer debriefer for verification (Lincoln & Guba, 1985).
 
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