probe

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"It seems while the terrorists have taken over the system, demands for a probe is a deliberate attempt to embolden those whose sole purpose is strike terror and get away under the garb of victimisation," Rudy said.

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  1. noun An exploratory action, expedition, or device, especially one designed to investigate and obtain information on a remote or unknown region.
  2. noun A slender, flexible surgical instrument used to explore a wound or body cavity.
  3. noun Biology A substance, such as DNA, that is radioactively labeled or otherwise marked and used to detect or identify another substance in a sample.
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  • The vaporizing of the probe was the declaration of war, and would have given the Enemy centuries of a head start had not the Hujjain craft in its final milliseconds squirted off a burst of communication to its mother array deep in the cometary system on the edge of interstellar space. —  Dozois, Gardner ; Strahan, Jonathan - SSC - The New Space Opera (v1.0)
  • Then he requested a small medical probe, and the probe was inserted, and through it he delivered a teasing charge. —  Gardner Dozois - The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection (2006)
  • Note at which reference dot the probe is at, then push it all the way into the gap between the upper and lower pins. —  Impressioning Manual for Amateur Locksmiths
  • The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the probe was at a sensitive stage. —  AOL News
  • But he has since stopped answering questions, hampering the investigation and killing any incentive for authorities to give him a break on bail, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the probe was at a sensitive stage. —  Market News
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probe:   probes ·  probed ·  probing
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  1. Middle English, examination, from Medieval Latin proba, from Late Latin, proof, from Latin probāre, to test, from probus, good; see per1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin probare, test, examine, prove, from probus, good: see prove, an older form from the same Latin verb. The verb probe is partly from the noun.
  2. from Late Latin proba, a proof, from probare, test, examine, prove: see probe, v., and proof, n. Cf. Spanish tienta, a surgeon's probe, from tentar, try, test: see tempt.
 

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