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probing
[ proh-bing ]
adjective
- examining, investigating, or exploring something in a deep or searching way:
There was scarcely any discussion of the proposal—no probing questions, and no legal or ethical issues raised.
noun
- the act or practice of examining, investigating, or exploring something in a deep or searching way:
Constant probing of the night sky by scientists reveals an abundance of activity within our solar system.
- the act of examining or exploring something by means of a probe or any of various instruments, devices, etc.:
Probing of the blocked duct was done under anesthesia.
- Computers. the process of scanning a network, database, webpage, web app, etc., in order to obtain information about its structure and any security weaknesses that could be used to launch an attack: undertaken either maliciously by hostile parties, or diagnostically and preventively by those wishing to improve security.
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- pro·bing·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of probing1
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Example Sentences
“This is an era of probing to keep us off balance,” Comley said.
“Everyone has a preference,” the man says, probing Oberyn about whether he prefers the company of a man or a woman.
But Dave and his crew kept living the nightmare and probing the depths of depravity through their absurdist, folk-art horror-show.
He spent hundreds of hours talking with the Nazis in their cells, probing their past, motivations, and psyches.
Indeed, through all of this personal probing, Christie comes across as strikingly likable, charming, sympathetic even.
"You will have to get over that feeling," observed Mr. Carr, disregarding the hint, and taking out his probing-knife.
The wound after probing looked sufficiently like an ordinary incision to deceive any one.
One at a time they put us on the rack—probing each man's story down to the smallest detail.
No sooner had the caravan reached us than our attention was drawn to the faces of the camels probing the distance.
This additional probing caused her pain but she showed no signs not even by flinching.
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