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Noun scourge has 3 senses
- scourge, flagellum - a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
--1 is a kind of whip
- bane, curse, scourge, nemesis - something causes misery or death; "the bane of my life"
--2 is a kind of affliction
- terror, scourge, threat - a person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of the neighborhood"
--3 is a kind of person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
Verb scourge has 3 senses
- scourge - punish severely; excoriate
--1 is one way to punish, penalize, penalise
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- flagellate, scourge - whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"
--2 is one way to flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge - devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
--3 is one way to destroy, ruin
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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