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
Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
That ended last month, the latest senior figure scrubbed from a poster that is unrecognisable from just 18 months ago.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Hours after the Republican called for her firing, the Department of Health scrubbed her profile from its site.
—Amy Delaura, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
SpaceX scrubbed launching a communications satellite from an Indonesian company for a third consecutive day on Wednesday, Spaceflight Now reports.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
They will be haunted forever by the videos that can’t be scrubbed from social media.
—Paulina Dedaj , Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Granny Smith apples, scrubbed and cut into 1/2-in.
—Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2025
The body had been drained of blood and scrubbed clean with a coconut-fiber brush, appearing stark white in the sun, in contrast to the victim’s jet-black hair.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 10 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
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
Nothing better than putting down the top and driving beautiful roads just after the rain stops and the air is powerfully charged by the nearby ocean, scrubbed clean.
—Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
That ended last month, the latest senior figure scrubbed from a poster that is unrecognisable from just 18 months ago.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Hours after the Republican called for her firing, the Department of Health scrubbed her profile from its site.
—Amy Delaura, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
SpaceX scrubbed launching a communications satellite from an Indonesian company for a third consecutive day on Wednesday, Spaceflight Now reports.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
They will be haunted forever by the videos that can’t be scrubbed from social media.
—Paulina Dedaj , Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Granny Smith apples, scrubbed and cut into 1/2-in.
—Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2025
The body had been drained of blood and scrubbed clean with a coconut-fiber brush, appearing stark white in the sun, in contrast to the victim’s jet-black hair.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 10 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
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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Tropicana abandoned the glass of orange juice just six weeks after rolling it out and brought back the old orange-with-a-straw.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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The revision of Merriam’s unabridged masterpiece was abandoned.—
Stefan Fatsis,
The Atlantic,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The cruise line previously scrapped stops there until October, amid ongoing violence in the country.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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His interest in aging fed into the closing joke of his 2017 special Live at Madison Square Garden, and would have been the inspiration for his 2022 directorial debut film, Being Mortal, if the film had not been scrapped following harassment complaints against star Bill Murray on set.—
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But the Clinton administration aborted the idea out of fear that an attack could result in retaliation against South Korea and a broader war, and instead sought a diplomatic solution.—
VIPIN NARANG,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Sep. 2025
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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
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
Cite this Entry
“Scrubbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrubbed. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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