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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bane, curse, nemesis |
| Type of | affliction |
Examples of scourge
scourge
That seemed the ultimate symbol of technology's triumph over a medieval scourge.
From the economist.com
That would mean seeing unemployment as an even worse scourge than it already is.
From the theatlantic.com
I understood this ancient scourge could incubate for years and lead to insanity.
From the timesunion.com
Methamphetamine use, as in many other rural states, has become a social scourge.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Milwaukee, plagued with childhood poverty, holds a key to reducing that scourge.
From the jsonline.com
They ostensibly replace plastic grocery bags, scourge and polluter of the Earth.
From the post-gazette.com
The once nationwide kidnapping scourge has been reduced by more than 75 percent.
From the washingtontimes.com
Nigeria's history of fighting the scourge is not the sort to discourage dealers.
From the economist.com
Rhetorical scourge of mainstream climate scientists, especially Santer and Mann.
From the guardian.co.uk
- A whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
- Punish severely; excoriate
- Bane: something causing misery or death; "the bane of my life"
- Flagellate: whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"
- Lay waste to: cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
- Terror: a person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of the neighborhood"
- A scourge (from Italian scoriada, from Latin excoriare = "to flay" and corium = "skin") is a whip or lash, especially a multi-thong type used to inflict severe corporal punishment or self-mortification on the back.
- Scourge, in comics, may refer to: *Scourge of the Underworld, an organization responsible for the deaths of numerous supervillains *Scourge, an member of the Thunderbolts during Dark Reign, who is revealed to be Nuke (Marvel Comics)
- USS Scourge was an American warship converted from a confiscated merchant schooner. She foundered along with the American warship during a squall on Lake Ontario at 2:00am on Sunday, August 8, 1813, . during the War of 1812.
