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scrubbing

noun as in rubbing

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She works as a maid, scrubbing floors and toilets of the well-to-do families in West Hartford, Connecticut.

First-generation girls were scrubbing floors and helping out.

Carbon utilization can offset or even exceed, the additional cost of carbon scrubbing.

Apart from slapping him and brutally scrubbing his body in the bath, she barely touched him.

Van Dien remembers the 14-hour day he spent scrubbing, with buff extras doing push-ups between takes.

Almost before I had completed the twofold process of shifting and scrubbing, the cloth was laid.

The stain can be removed by vigorous scrubbing with soap, or it will wear off gradually in a few days.

She looked at her hands and straightway she fell to scrubbing them with soap as she had never scrubbed them before.

The floors were bare, and not infrequently stood sadly in need of scrubbing.

Into every crack and corner went Josie's broom and scrubbing brush.

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On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to scrubbing, such as: washing, cleaning, cleansing, scrub, and wash.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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