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probe
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a systematic search for the truth or facts about something a congressional probe into the accusations Synonyms delving, disquisition, examen, examination, exploration, inquest, inquisition, investigation, probation, inquiry, probing, research, studyRelated Words quest; audit, check; checkup, diagnosis, inspection; hearing, interrogation, trial; feeler, query, question; poll, questionary, questionnaire, survey; challenge, cross-examination, going-over, grilling, quiz; rehearing, reinvestigation; self-examination, self-exploration, self-questioning, self-reflection, self-scrutiny, soul-searching
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1 to search through or into tabloid reporters who seem determined to probe every detail of the singer's private life Synonyms delve (into), dig (into), examine, inquire (into), investigate, look (into), explore, researchRelated Words inspect, sift, study, view; browse, cruise, peruse, scan, skim (through), surf, thumb (through); coinvestigate, reinvestigate
2 to go into or range over for purposes of discovery probing the depths of the undersea trench Synonyms hunt, explore, prospect, search, skirrRelated Words reconnoiter (or reconnoitre), scout; disclose, discover, reveal, unearth; fathom, plumb, sound
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