Thesaurus: scourge

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1. n. A lash; a strap or cord; especially, a lash used to inflict pain or punishment; an instrument of punishment or discipline; a whip.
2. n. Hence, a means of inflicting punishment, vengeance, or suffering; an infliction of affliction; a punishment.
3. n. To whip severely; to lash.
4. n. To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction.
5. n. To harass or afflict severely.
6. n. a whip used to inflict punishment
7. n. something causing misery or death
8. n. a person who inspires fear or dread
9. v. punish severely; excoriate
10. v. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
11. 1. A lash; a strap or cord; especially, a lash used to inflict pain or punishment; an instrument of punishment or discipline; a whip. Up to coach then goes The observed maid, takes both the scourge and reins. Chapman. 2. Hence, a means of inflicting punishment, vengeance, or suffering; an infliction of affliction; a punishment. Sharp scourges of adversity. Chaucer. What scourge for perjury Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence Shak. 1. To whip severely; to lash. is it lawful for you to scourge a . . . Roman Acts xxii. 25. 2. To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction. Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. Heb. xii. 6. 3. To harass or afflict severely. To scourge and impoverish the people. Brougham.
12. v:7/n:93 n. a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor) v. punish severely; excoriate