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Definition of scourge

a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
a person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of the neighborhood"
something causes misery or death; "the bane of my life"
devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"
punish severely; excoriate

Similar Words: flagellum, terror, threat, bane, curse, nemesis, lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, flagellate

Hyponyms: ruin

Derivational Morphology: flagellate, lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, bane, curse, nemesis, depredation, ravaging, devastation, bleakness, desolation, destruction, destroyer, ruiner, undoer, waster, uprooter, flagellum, flogger, scourger, whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation, flagellant

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