Dig
Dig verb - To hollow out or form (something) by removing earth.
Probe is a synonym for dig in investigate topic. In some cases you can use "Probe" instead a verb "Dig", when it comes to topics like delve, delve into.
Nearby Words: digging, digged
Probe
Probe verb - To search through or into.
Usage example: tabloid reporters who seem determined to probe every detail of the singer's private life
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Synonyms for Probe
Dig is a synonym for probe in investigate topic. Sometimes you can use "Dig" instead a verb "Probe", if it concerns topics such as explore.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| human | human dig | human probe |
| small | small dig | small probe |
| actual | actual dig | actual probe |
| successful | successful dig | successful probe |
| Other adjectives: little, abandoned, last. | ||
Common collocations
| body | dig body | probe body |
| way | dig way | probe way |
| information | dig information | probe information |
Both words in one sentence
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Dig up the old Pathfinder probe and painstakingly use the aim of its camera to spell words.
Source: Film / The Martian -
Mind Probe: There are several different machines that can at least partially tap into Number Six's mind and tell what he's thinking (or force him to think what they want him to think), but they can't seem to dig out the one specific response they need of him.
Source: Series / The Prisoner (1967) -
Earth Star is a new medal introduced at the end of the first book when Jarra and the others who helped dig out the military spaceships are awarded with it which is given to heroic civilians from Earth and also aptly describes the activated probe at the end of book two.
Source: Literature / Earth Girl
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