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debrief

/diːˈbɹiːf/ UK
/diˈbɹif/ Canada, US
/diːˈbɹiːf/ Australia, New Zealand

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verb debriefs · debriefing · debriefed

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
transitive To question someone, or a group of people, after the implementation of a project, in order to learn from mistakes, etc.
transitive To inform subjects of an experiment about what has happened in a complete and accurate manner.

noun debriefs

Synonym of debriefing We had a debrief yesterday.
Similar: debriefing

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verb to question someone after a military mission in order to obtain intelligence

Français	débriefer
Deutsch	(eingehend) befragen, vernehmen

verb to question someone, or a group of people, after the implementation of a project in order to learn from mistakes etc.

Deutsch	nachbesprechen

verb to inform subjects of an experiment about what has happened in a complete and accurate manner

Deutsch	(eingehend) unterrichten
Italiano	fare il punto, fare un bilancio

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@misc{debrief_2026,
  title = {debrief},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/debrief},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}