as in cancelled
to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)
the outdoor art project was scrubbed when the organizers found out they needed permission from city hall
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as in washed
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as in scraped
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Recent Examples of scrubbed
Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 25 May 2024
There were no young girls floating by in elegant dresses, no scrubbed and spoiled children dressed in their finery and dragged toward churches and pagodas, no whisper of music drifting out of windows.
—Chantha Nguon, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2024
The New England town of Fairwood is a seemingly scrubbed, pleasant, prosperous hamlet.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 20 Jan. 2024
Scrubs, which take their name from the fact they are worn in a scrubbed environment, according to a history of operating room attire from the American College of Surgeons, were first mentioned by a surgeon in 1894.
—New York Times, 9 June 2021
Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
Bases have been renamed, transgender soldiers have been banned and military websites have been scrubbed of posts honoring contributions by women and minorities.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2025
The feel of the hot desert air against my skin; being scrubbed, rubbed and pampered during my first hammam.
—Alysia Reiner, Flow Space, 4 Sep. 2025
Medical staff repeatedly scrubbed and cleaned out her leg in an attempt to remove any dying tissue.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Trust us—you’ve never been scrubbed and soaped up so clean in your life.
—Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The company tried to launch early Friday morning (April 14) but scrubbed the attempt due to bad weather with about 30 seconds left on the countdown clock.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Rinse Thoroughly Once all of your windows have been scrubbed, rinse once again with your garden hose to remove the suds.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2025
Bobbi and Drake linked up back in 2023 for a viral interview, which was scrubbed from YouTube, leading fans to think there was an issue between the duo, but that doesn’t appear to be the case.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
But ground teams detected the helium leak in Starliner's service module in the aftermath of the scrubbed countdown.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 25 May 2024
There were no young girls floating by in elegant dresses, no scrubbed and spoiled children dressed in their finery and dragged toward churches and pagodas, no whisper of music drifting out of windows.
—Chantha Nguon, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2024
The New England town of Fairwood is a seemingly scrubbed, pleasant, prosperous hamlet.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 20 Jan. 2024
Scrubs, which take their name from the fact they are worn in a scrubbed environment, according to a history of operating room attire from the American College of Surgeons, were first mentioned by a surgeon in 1894.
—New York Times, 9 June 2021
Adjective
Harvard’s athletics website has scrubbed from its pages a policy pledging inclusion for transgender athletes.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
Bases have been renamed, transgender soldiers have been banned and military websites have been scrubbed of posts honoring contributions by women and minorities.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2025
The feel of the hot desert air against my skin; being scrubbed, rubbed and pampered during my first hammam.
—Alysia Reiner, Flow Space, 4 Sep. 2025
Medical staff repeatedly scrubbed and cleaned out her leg in an attempt to remove any dying tissue.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Trust us—you’ve never been scrubbed and soaped up so clean in your life.
—Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The company tried to launch early Friday morning (April 14) but scrubbed the attempt due to bad weather with about 30 seconds left on the countdown clock.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Rinse Thoroughly Once all of your windows have been scrubbed, rinse once again with your garden hose to remove the suds.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2025
Bobbi and Drake linked up back in 2023 for a viral interview, which was scrubbed from YouTube, leading fans to think there was an issue between the duo, but that doesn’t appear to be the case.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrubbed
Adjective
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Nothing is pre-washed and none of the ingredients for my recipes were pre-cut.—
Alexis Berger,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
8 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Though Davies planned to reunite the band for a tour in 2015, it was canceled when the musician was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a type of cancer that attacks plasma cells.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Sep. 2025
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Last year, Romania controversially canceled the turnout of a presidential election that produced a victory for a far-right independent, arguing his campaign was backed by Russian interference and disqualifying his candidacy.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Towering live oaks, cedars, and palmettos once grew near the shore here, but as the Atlantic’s erosive forces carved the bluffs away, the trees tumbled down and were weathered by sun and salt into pale, bleached skeletons.—
Skye Sherman,
Southern Living,
9 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Recalling the English folk motif of the tree as possessing healing powers, a clump of soil dug up from an orchard in Lothlórien is used to replenish the scoured Shire.—
Ellen Walker,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Before 2014, the building was abandoned and MIA wanted to tear it down.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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Drummond is blamed for the deaths of the parents, grandmother and uncle of an infant found abandoned in a home's front yard in rural west Tennessee.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Spirit’s plan to launch service in Macon, Georgia, in mid-October also has been scrapped.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
3 Sep. 2025
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But those plans were scrapped after the Disney-Fox merger, when Marvel put mutants on hold and turned its attention to expanding its interconnected multiverse of movies and TV shows.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Joe Biden aborted his re-election bid last year after a public meltdown on a debate stage.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
2 Sep. 2025
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Under the president’s new blueprints for NASA, the agency looks set to depend on Elon Musk’s outfit to loft future Moon explorers aboard the SpaceX Starship from the Kennedy Space Center as SLS flights are aborted.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Sustainability tours offer a behind-the-scenes look at the renewable building materials used to construct the lodge, as well as a tutorial on how the 240 solar panels, 10 water turbines, and 48 energy storage units provide renewable energy and purified water.—
Devorah Lev-Tov,
AFAR Media,
26 Aug. 2025
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Lifestraw estimates that the Escape can deliver 1 liter of purified water per minute.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 Aug. 2025
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“Scrubbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrubbed. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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