Action and Probe

Action

Action verb - Put in effect.

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Probe and action are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Probe" instead a verb "Action".

Nearby Words: active, activity, acting, acted, actively

Probe verb - To search through or into.

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Action and probe are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Action" instead a verb "Probe".

Nearby Words: probing, probed

human	human action	human probe
stupid	stupid action	stupid probe
actual	actual action	actual probe
real	real action	real probe
Other adjectives: little, quick, falling, military, last.

Re Tool: season 7 - CTU has been dismantled after a government probe into torture committed by Jack and others, the main action takes place on the East Coast, and Tony Almeida is now the Big Bad (for the first few episodes at least... and then again sort of later).

Source: Series / 24
Geoff Johns invoked this very same trope the very next issue of Action Comics where every single appearance by Brainiac in the Post-Crisis DCU, prior to Johns' "Brainiac" storyline was actually a "Brainiac probe".

Source: Actually a Doombot

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