scourge
🇺🇸
/skɜːrdʒ/
🇬🇧
/skɜːdʒ/
noun
R
A cause of widespread damage or suffering.
Drought has been a scourge to farmers this year.
R
A whip used for punishment.
The prisoner was punished with a scourge.
verb
R
To cause someone great suffering or trouble.
The community was scourged by the recent natural disaster.
R
To strike someone with a whip.
The slave was scourged for trying to escape.
translation
A cause of widespread damage or suffering.; A whip used for punishment.
To cause someone great suffering or trouble.; To strike someone with a whip.
Word Forms
3rd Present
scourges
Past
scourged
Perfect
scourged
Progressive
scourging
Plural
scourges