Scourge

[Scourge]

A scourge is a whip or anything else that is punishing and dreadful. You could confront "a scourge of corruption" or "a scourge of hunger."

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A lash; a strap or cord; especially, a lash used to inflict pain or punishment; an instrument of punishment or discipline; a whip.

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

Noun
a person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of the neighborhood"

Noun
something causes misery or death; "the bane of my life"

Verb
devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"

Verb
whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"

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Verb
punish severely; excoriate

n.
A lash; a strap or cord; especially, a lash used to inflict pain or punishment; an instrument of punishment or discipline; a whip.

n.
Hence, a means of inflicting punishment, vengeance, or suffering; an infliction of affliction; a punishment.

n.
To whip severely; to lash.

n.
To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction.

n.
To harass or afflict severely.

Scourge

Scourge , n. [F. escourg'82e, fr. L. excoriata (sc. scutica) a stripped off (lash or whip), fr. excoriate to strip, to skin. See Excoriate.] 1. A lash; a strap or cord; especially, a lash used to inflict pain or punishment; an instrument of punishment or discipline; a whip.

Up to coach then goes The observed maid, takes both the scourge and reins.

2. Hence, a means of inflicting punishment, vengeance, or suffering; an infliction of affliction; a punishment.

Sharp scourges of adversity.

What scourge for perjury Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence?

Scourge

Scourge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scourged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Scourging .] [From Scourge, n.: cf. OF. escorgier.] 1. To whip severely; to lash.

is it lawful for you to scourge a . . . Roman?

2. To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction.

Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

3. To harass or afflict severely.

To scourge and impoverish the people.

A lash; a strap or cord; especially, a lash used to inflict pain or punishment; an instrument of punishment or discipline; a whip.

To whip severely; to lash.

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Usage Examples

It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.

The dual scourge of hunger and malnutrition will be truly vanquished not only when granaries are full, but also when people's basic health needs are met and women are given their rightful role in societies.

I am extremely proud of my service with the government and my efforts to help safeguard public health and protect our country against the scourge of offensive biological warfare.

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Other Usage Examples

War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.

I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind.

We had four years of world war which the peoples endured only because they were told that their sufferings would free humanity forever from the scourge of war.

Nothing is more useless in developing a nation's economy than a gun, and nothing blocks the road to social development more than the financial burden of war. War is the arch enemy of national progress and the modern scourge of civilized men.