The word 'scrubbed' is correct and commonly used in written English.
It is the past tense form of the verb 'scrub', which means to clean or rub something hard in order to remove dirt or stains. You can use 'scrubbed' in various contexts, such as: - I scrubbed the kitchen floor so hard that my hands started to ache. - The dishes were scrubbed clean by hand, as the dishwasher was broken. - The basketball player scrubbed the sweat off his face with a towel during a timeout. - The surgeon scrubbed and sterilized her hands before the operation. - After a long day of gardening, she scrubbed the dirt off her hands and face before going inside. Example: After a long day of hiking, the hikers scrubbed themselves clean in the river before settling down for the night.
He carefully scrubbed up with alcohol gel before meeting patients at London's National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.
The cage is back beneath the stairs, the puppy collar has been scrubbed and the urine-cleaner is ready.
Greater oversight of the ports is also essential: smugglers are able to leave harbour in boats that have had their names scrubbed out – a practice that is illegal, and wouldn't be possible if coastguards were doing – or were able to do – their jobs.
We sunbathed on the roof terrace with views of the dusty city skyline; practised yoga in the riad's courtyard under a shady palm tree; had an introduction to reiki in the salon; and were scrubbed and pummelled in the hammam.
The view from the mainland While the blanket censorship makes it difficult to assess public sentiment towards the protest (state media has taken a hardline on the protests and censors blocked or scrubbed clean social media, mainland citizens have responded to past Hong Kong demonstrations with a mixture of puzzlement, envy and disdain.
It's one of the very few revelations in a book – more like a campaign document, produced by three ghost writers and reviewed by any number of political consultants – that has been scrubbed of anything that could make news or provoke strong opinions, especially about a female president.
Since being elected in September, the Abbott Government has also defunded its independent Climate Commission (which has re-emerged as the not-for-profit Climate Council), scrubbed the climate change department and slashed about $700 million from an agency to fund renewable energy research, development and deployment.
In a far corner, a woman with a round plaster covering a dry, pinkly scrubbed cheek weeps.
Within minutes, those words are scrubbed out again and replaced with "lab", short for lab results pending for the new resident of bed number six, a 29-year-old man.
She has enjoyed seeing it weather over the years, but believes it is now due to be cleaned – "but not scrubbed pristine" – and she will try again to have Sophie's poem inscribed on the back.
