Probe and Screen

Probe

Probe verb - To search through or into.

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

Nearby Words: probing, probed

Screen verb - To drive danger or attack away from.

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Probe and screen are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Probe" instead a verb "Screen".

Nearby Words: screened, screening, scree, screenful

old	old probe	old screen
special	special probe	special screen
initial	initial probe	initial screen
small	small probe	small screen
Other adjectives: actual, real, large, little, white, silent, last, failed, giant.

Continuity Nod: During a memory-probe of Pikachu, a screen displays Pokémon that appeared in the second through fifth movies.

Source: Anime / Pokémon: The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon
However this does not work in the main screen, and is one of the reasons the probe enemies are so dangerous.

Source: Mercy Invincibility
In the novel Splinter of the Mind's Eye Leia has a BSOD when faced with another round with a Mind Probe, meaning she almost lost it off-screen.

Source: Mind Probe

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Screen and Probe. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/probe/screen

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Screen or Probe. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/probe/screen.

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