Can and Scrub

Can

Can verb - To let go from office, service, or employment.

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Scrub and can are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scrub" instead a verb "Can".

Scrub verb - To put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to).

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Can and scrub are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Can" instead a verb "Scrub".

Nearby Words: scrubby, scrubland

little	little can	little scrub
giant	giant can	giant scrub

Can I give a bath and scrub the children as efficiently or quickly as the automatic scrub bath can?

Source: Literature / The Veldt
This book and this article contain some of the most thorough investigations of the "scrub" phenomenon you can find anywhere.

Source: Scrub
You can also think of purgatory as the "front porch" of heaven, where God gives you a thorough scrub-down of any remaining impurities.

Source: Artistic License Traditional Christianity

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