scourge
IPA: skˈɝdʒ
noun
- A source of persistent trouble such as pestilence that causes pain and suffering or widespread destruction.
- A means to inflict such pain or destruction.
- A whip, often of leather and often multi-tailed.
verb
- To strike with a scourge; to flog.
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Examples of "scourge" in Sentences
- We are the scourge of the earth.
- It's the scourge of the Internet.
- It is like the scourge of the music industry.
- He became the ultimate scourge of the Kshatriyas.
- He was also known as the scourge of the peasants.
- The gang was the scourge of the area at that time.
- The scourge is the primary antagonist of the story.
- Bitterness and coldness are the scourges of humanity.
- A transplanted Briton, he is the scourge of the monarchy.
- Cluny the Scourge, an anthropomorphic rat, is the antagonist of the novel.
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