All 4 Uses of "scrutiny" in "Flags of Our Fathers"

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scrutiny
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Flags of Our Fathers
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But after the "day of infamy," newspaper maps of the Pacific and Asia were scrutinized at the kitchen tables of America.†
Chpt 3. *

scrutinized = looked at very carefully

standard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.
Then censors would scrutinize it; and finally the "pool" chief would look at each print to decide which was worth transmitting back to the United States via radiophoto, and which to discard.†
Chpt 12.

scrutinize = to look at very carefully

standard 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 back in the United States, millions of people were scrutinizing his profile in The Photograph, wondering who he and the other flag-raisers were.†
Chpt 13.

scrutinizing = looking at very carefully

standard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.
Rene scrutinized the blurred figures.†
Chpt 13.

scrutinized = looked at very carefully

standard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.

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(1) (scrutiny)
careful examination of something
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)