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noun a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture.
a person or thing that applies or administers punishment or severe criticism.
a cause of affliction or calamity: Disease and famine are scourges of humanity.
verb (used with object), scourged, scourg·ing. to whip with a scourge; lash.
to punish, chastise, or criticize severely.
Origin of scourge 1175–1225; (noun) Middle English <Anglo-French
escorge, derivative of
escorgier to whip <Vulgar Latin
*excorrigiāre, derivative of Latin
corrigia thong, whip (see ex-
1 ); (v.) Middle English <Old French
escorgier SYNONYMS FOR scourge 3 plague, bane.
5 correct, castigate.
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OTHER WORDS FROM scourge scourger, noun scourg·ing·ly, adverb self-scourging, adjective un·scourged, adjective
un·scourg·ing, adjective
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Words nearby scourge Scotus, scoundrel, scoundrelly, scour, scourer, scourge , scouring pad, scouring rush, scourings, scouse, scout
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Example sentences from the Web for scourge Opponents of the industry say vacation rentals are the scourge of San Diego, destroying neighborhoods and taking away housing stock.
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He’d lost a close friend to the scourge —that friend had gone to the hospital for routine surgery and died of a superbug he’d acquired while there.
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Tuberculosis has been a scourge , but fewer than 10% of people infected with it even get sick.
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At the time Scroll was conceived, ad blocking was one of the most talked-about scourge s of the media business.
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The U.K. tabloids, as is their wont, have branded her “shameless,” “sordid,” and “the scourge of society.”
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After Ferguson, we all must renew our efforts to eliminate the scourge of racism from American life.
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Another huge impetus behind the movement to legalize sex work is the current focus on ending the scourge of sex trafficking.
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Settling over wilderness areas everywhere, like a deadly fog, is the scourge of our time: global warming.
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To the modern right, the labor movement was the scourge of America when it had real power.
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In such a country, militarism is not the scourge it is with us; and the difference is due to the Confucian ethics.
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He used it as a whip with which to scourge any vagrant hopes that dared creep into his heart.
The numerous orders were enforced without momentary relaxation, and the scourge was the chief agent of control.
The History of Tasmania , Volume II (of 2) | John West
Medicine especially was a Satanic thing, a rebellion against disease, the scourge so justly dealt by God.
La Sorcire: The Witch of the Middle Ages | Jules Michelet
To atone for her mother's vanity, and rid the land of the scourge , Cepheus agreed to offer up Andromeda to the monster.
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British Dictionary definitions for scourge noun a person who harasses, punishes, or causes destruction
a means of inflicting punishment or suffering
a whip used for inflicting punishment or torture
verb (tr) to whip; flog
to punish severely
Derived forms of scourge scourger , noun Word Origin for scourge C13: from Anglo-French escorge, from Old French escorgier (unattested) to lash, from es- ex- 1 + Latin corrigia whip
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Words related to scourge terror, curse, pest, penalty, misfortune, pestilence, infliction, visitation, correction, bane, affliction, punishment, cane, afflict, scathe, excoriate, torment, castigate, tan, whip