scourge

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. Source: opted

2. n. Hence, a means of inflicting punishment, vengeance, or suffering; an infliction of affliction; a punishment. Source: opted

3. n. To whip severely; to lash. Source: opted

4. n. To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction. Source: opted

5. n. To harass or afflict severely. Source: opted

6. n. a whip used to inflict punishment Source: wordnet

7. n. something causing misery or death Source: wordnet

8. n. a person who inspires fear or dread Source: wordnet

9. v. punish severely; excoriate Source: wordnet

10. v. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

12. v:7/n:93 n. a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor) v. punish severely; excoriate Source: ecdict

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