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Thoroughly examined and cleaned (7)

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I believe the answer is:

scoured

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This could be a double definition.

'thoroughly examined' is the first definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I cannot understand how one could define the other.

'cleaned' is the second definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

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(Other definitions for scoured that I've seen before include "Scrubbed; searched" , "combed" , "Washed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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