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# How to pronounce "debriefs" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/dɛbrɪɛfs/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **de·briefs**
- **Parts of Speech**: verb
- **VERB**: third-person singular simple present indicative of debrief

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "debriefs" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "is when people review the stories after an incident to learn about the incident and to manage stress two things are going on in these critical incident debriefs one is it's probably been the traumatic experience so they are counseling each other their Co canceling each other and the other is there may be some issue with the technology or user interfaces whatever it is that they need to sort out and report to management you know the the farm and there will say my"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 37:07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI6_8-J10a0&t=2227s)

### Example 2
> "incident debriefs usually fail at that level because the Far men are always"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 37:34](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI6_8-J10a0&t=2254s)

### Example 3
> "want to say without so much time constraints it all breaks loose and you never know what's really going to come up but that's where the real learning happens and uh you know the first debriefs after the levitor are usually just are mind blown and then each day following that they they are as well they're but they're different every day and I guess starting on the second day um we now work with a bunch of different organizations and in the morning our"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 2:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls2e4SJq9hg&t=141s)

### Example 4
> "I always willing to listen and engage. He contributed a ton to debriefs, he was able to connect with the most quiet and outgoing people like, and share or challenge thoughtful commentary on the theme."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 3:01](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhWphrsHHYU&t=181s)

### Example 5
> "strike but managed to limp back over the Gulf and there was an ejection uh and the pilot reportedly got out and is safe. But, I spoke to a former British military negotiator today who also conducted hostage debriefs and I wanted to get his insight on what the second airman uh of the US F-15E that's been shot down might be facing. Take a listen."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 2:34](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud0O3lcdIAk&t=154s)

### Example 6
> "of those who have never been in Odessa the port is just in the downtown of the city so we woke up from the very heavy explosions as a result luckily all of them being intercepted by the but the debriefs of the missiles uh fall at the port and damaged a lot of of the infrastructure over there and that is just a few hundred meters from those verses where previously the"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 0:48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2ZODoOcvqE&t=48s)

### Example 7
> "wasn't in the room if that occurred but i did get a debrief almost every time that the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff came back from a national security council meeting called foul and those debriefs were pretty thorough and nothing like that ever was debriefed to me and i can't imagine that colin would have kept that from me had it actually happened because he was ecstatic he was euphoric that not only had the cold war ended but"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 7:22](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_HbU-iQZFE&t=442s)

### Example 8
> "each other the post-interview debriefs were a welcome reprieve"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 2:16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTdtPV0JJn8&t=136s)

### Example 9
> "started handing out questionnaires doing post-combat debriefs in person and discovers"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 35:56](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pkcDw4_h8I&t=2156s)

### Example 10
> "And as he's about to leave she debriefs him a little bit."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 31:32](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q_mY54hjM0&t=1892s)


## Related Words & Synonyms

- **Synonyms**: [debriefing](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/debriefing)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "debriefs" correctly?
"debriefs" is pronounced `/dɛbrɪɛfs/`. Syllable breakdown: **de·briefs**.

### What does "debriefs" mean in context?
third-person singular simple present indicative of debrief

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