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scourge

(skûrj)

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.

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman escorge, from Old French escorgier, to whip, from Vulgar Latin *excorrigiāre : Latin ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + Latin corrigia, thong (probably of Celtic origin).]

scourg′er n.

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scourge

(skɜːdʒ)

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

vb (tr)

4. to whip; flog

5. to punish severely

[C13: from Anglo-French escorge, from Old French escorgier (unattested) to lash, from es- ex-¹ + Latin corrigia whip]

ˈscourger n

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scourge

(skɜrdʒ)

n., v. scourged, scourg•ing. n.

1. a whip or lash, esp. for the infliction of punishment.

2. a person or thing that administers punishment or criticism.

3. a cause of affliction or calamity: the scourge of famine.

v.t.

4. to whip with a scourge.

5. to punish, chastise, or criticize severely.

[1175–1225; (n.) Middle English < Old French escorge, derivative of escorgier to whip < Vulgar Latin *excorrigiāre, derivative of Latin corrigia thong, whip]

scourge

- Based on Latin ex-, "thoroughly," and corriga, "whip."

Scourge

a load or burden. See also plague.

Examples: scourge of adversity, 1386; or mosquitoes; of priests, 1560; of Turks, 1596.

scourge

Past participle: scourged
Gerund: scourging

Imperative
scourge
scourge

Present
I scourge
you scourge
he/she/it scourges
we scourge
you scourge
they scourge

Preterite
I scourged
you scourged
he/she/it scourged
we scourged
you scourged
they scourged

Present Continuous
I am scourging
you are scourging
he/she/it is scourging
we are scourging
you are scourging
they are scourging

Present Perfect
I have scourged
you have scourged
he/she/it has scourged
we have scourged
you have scourged
they have scourged

Past Continuous
I was scourging
you were scourging
he/she/it was scourging
we were scourging
you were scourging
they were scourging

Past Perfect
I had scourged
you had scourged
he/she/it had scourged
we had scourged
you had scourged
they had scourged

Future
I will scourge
you will scourge
he/she/it will scourge
we will scourge
you will scourge
they will scourge

Future Perfect
I will have scourged
you will have scourged
he/she/it will have scourged
we will have scourged
you will have scourged
they will have scourged

Future Continuous
I will be scourging
you will be scourging
he/she/it will be scourging
we will be scourging
you will be scourging
they will be scourging

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been scourging
you have been scourging
he/she/it has been scourging
we have been scourging
you have been scourging
they have been scourging

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been scourging
you will have been scourging
he/she/it will have been scourging
we will have been scourging
you will have been scourging
they will have been scourging

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been scourging
you had been scourging
he/she/it had been scourging
we had been scourging
you had been scourging
they had been scourging

Conditional
I would scourge
you would scourge
he/she/it would scourge
we would scourge
you would scourge
they would scourge

Past Conditional
I would have scourged
you would have scourged
he/she/it would have scourged
we would have scourged
you would have scourged
they would have scourged

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Noun	1.	scourge - a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor) flagellum whip - an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
	2.	scourge - something causing misery or death; "the bane of my life" bane, nemesis, curse affliction - a cause of great suffering and distress
	3.	scourge - a person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of the neighborhood" terror, threat individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
Verb	1.	scourge - punish severely; excoriate penalise, penalize, punish - impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on; "The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again"
	2.	scourge - whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves" flagellate flog, lash, lather, trounce, welt, whip, slash, strap - beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
	3.	scourge - cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion" devastate, lay waste to, ravage, desolate, waste ruin, destroy - destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up" ruin - reduce to ruins; "The country lay ruined after the war"

scourge

noun

1. affliction, plague, curse, terror, pest, torment, misfortune, visitation, bane, infliction Drugs are a scourge that is devastating our society.
affliction benefit, blessing, boon, favour, gift, godsend

2. whip, lash, thong, switch, strap, cat-o'-nine-tails a heavy scourge with a piece of iron lashed into its knot

verb

1. afflict, plague, curse, torment, harass, terrorize, excoriate Economic anarchy scourged the post-war world.

2. whip, beat, lash, thrash, discipline, belt (informal), leather, punish, whale, cane, flog, trounce, castigate, wallop (informal), chastise, lather (informal), horsewhip, tan (someone's) hide (slang), take a strap to They were scourging him severely.

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scourge

noun

A cause of suffering or harm:

affliction, bane, curse, evil, ill, plague, woe.

verb

1. To bring great harm or suffering to:

afflict, agonize, anguish, curse, excruciate, plague, rack, smite, strike, torment, torture.

2. To criticize harshly and devastatingly:

blister, drub, excoriate, flay, lash, rip into, scarify, scathe, scorch, score, slap, slash.

Informal: roast.

Slang: slam.

Idioms: burn someone's ears, crawl all over, pin someone's ears back, put someone on the griddle, put someone on the hot seat, rake over the coals, read the riot act to.

Translations

سَوْط، مِجْلَدَه

pohroma

plage

Geißel

maanvaivapiiskaruoskavitsaus

fléau plaie

veszedelem

plága

castigare flagello frusta frustare tormentare

rykštė

ligaposts

svøpe

flagelo

беда бедствие бич кара плеть

felâketmusibet

灾祸

scourge

[skɜːdʒ]

A. N (lit, fig) → azote m
the scourge of malaria → el azote del paludismo
the scourge of war → el azote de la guerra
it is the scourge of our times → es la plaga de nuestros tiempos
God sent it as a scourge → Dios lo envió como castigo

B. VT (lit) → azotar, flagelar (fig) → hostigar

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scourge

[ˈskɜː^rdʒ]

n → fléau m

vt (= flog) → fustigerscouring pad n → tampon m à récurerscouring powder n → poudre f à récurer

scourge

n (lit, fig) → Geißel f

(lit) → geißeln

(fig, = punish) → (be)strafen; (= devastate) → heimsuchen; (verbally) → geißeln (geh)

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scourge

[skɜːdʒ]

1. n (also) (fig) → flagello

2. vt (beat) → flagellare (fig) (bedevil) → tormentare

scourge

(skəːdʒ) noun

a cause of great suffering to many people. Vaccination has freed us from the scourge of smallpox.

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Fondly do we hope--fervently do we pray--that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.

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Till it weeps both night and day: And they scourge the weak, and flog the fool,

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Passion for power: the glowing scourge of the hardest of the heart-hard; the cruel torture reserved for the cruellest themselves; the gloomy flame of living pyres.

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``Your Grace's power, supported, as it is, by so many men-at-arms, may indeed easily strip and scourge me, but cannot compel me to bend or to draw my bow.''

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Thus, we should, in a little time, see established in every part of this country the same engines of despotism which have been the scourge of the Old World.

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At the least, a prince may animate and inure some meaner persons, to be as it were scourges, to ambitions men.

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By this time all Don Quixote's companions had come up to where he lay; but the processionists seeing them come running, and with them the officers of the Brotherhood with their crossbows, apprehended mischief, and clustering round the image, raised their hoods, and grasped their scourges, as the priests did their tapers, and awaited the attack, resolved to defend themselves and even to take the offensive against their assailants if they could.

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The objective of the campaign was for enlightening framers about the means of safety use of pesticides and ways of combating the scourge of mouse.

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ISLAMABAD -- President Arif Alvi has stressed for fighting the scourge of child abuse at all levels.

President Alvi stresses for fighting scourge of child abuse at all levels

QUETTA -- Being a responsible citizen, we all must have to play our due role in eradication of drugs from our society because the scourge has been destroying our society.

Collective efforts required to tackle drug menace: Asad Baloch

A statement signed by the general president of IYC, Pereotubo Oweilaemi, said over 70 communities in Egbema kingdom and environs both in Delta and Edo states have been suffering from the scourge.