Both Uses of
scrutiny
in
Starship Troopers
- They treated it as a dull routine, which I'm sure it was; nevertheless they scrutinized every document, they took our fingerprints — again!†
Chpt 2scrutinized = looked at very carefullystandard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.
- But it makes the men feel better if their Old Man scrutinizes everything -- besides, it's my job.
Chpt 14 *scrutinizes = looks at or examines very carefullystandard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.
Definition:
careful examination of something