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Scourge

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Noun

1. flagellum, scourge

a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)

2. bane, curse, nemesis, scourge

something causing misery or death

Example Sentences:
'the bane of my life'

3. scourge, terror, threat

a person who inspires fear or dread

Example Sentences:
'he was the terror of the neighborhood'

Verb

4. scourge

punish severely; excoriate

5. flagellate, scourge

whip

Example Sentences:
'The religious fanatics flagellated themselves'

6. desolate, devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste

cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

Example Sentences:
'The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Scourge

see synonyms of scourge
noun
1. 
a person who harasses, punishes, or causes destruction
2. 
a means of inflicting punishment or suffering
3. 
a whip used for inflicting punishment or torture
verb (transitive)
4. 
to whip; flog
5. 
to punish severely

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Scourge

see synonyms of scourge
noun
1. 
a whip or other instrument for flogging
2. 
any means of inflicting severe punishment, suffering, or vengeance
3. 
any cause of serious trouble or affliction
the scourge of war
verb transitiveWord forms: scourged or ˈscourging
4. 
to whip or flog
5. 
to punish, chastise, or afflict severely

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Scourge

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n.
1. A source of widespread dreadful affliction and devastation such as that caused by pestilence or war.
2. A means of inflicting severe suffering, vengeance, or punishment.
3. A small whip used to inflict punishment.
tr.v. scourged, scourg·ing, scourg·es
1. To afflict with severe or widespread suffering and devastation; ravage.
2. To chastise severely; excoriate.
3. To flog.

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