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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor);
[syn: scourge, flagellum]

2. something causing misery or death;
- Example: "the bane of my life"
[syn: bane, curse, scourge, nemesis]

3. a person who inspires fear or dread;
- Example: "he was the terror of the neighborhood"
[syn: terror, scourge, threat]


VERB (3)

1. punish severely; excoriate;

2. whip;
- Example: "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"
[syn: flagellate, scourge]

3. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly;
- Example: "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
[syn: lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Scourge \Scourge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scourged; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Scourging.] [From Scourge, n.: cf. OF. escorgier.]
   1. To whip severely; to lash.
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            Is it lawful for you to scourge a . . . Roman?
                                                  --Acts xxii.
                                                  25.
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   2. To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for
      sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction.
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            Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth
            every son whom he receiveth.          --Heb. xii. 6.
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   3. To harass or afflict severely.
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            To scourge and impoverish the people. --Brougham.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Scourge \Scourge\, n. [F. escourg['e]e, fr. L. excoriata (sc.
   scutica) a stripped off (lash or whip), fr. excoriare to
   strip, to skin. See Excoriate.]
   1. A lash; a strap or cord; especially, a lash used to
      inflict pain or punishment; an instrument of punishment or
      discipline; a whip.
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            Up to coach then goes
            The observed maid, takes both the scourge and reins.
                                                  --Chapman.
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   2. Hence, a means of inflicting punishment, vengeance, or
      suffering; an infliction of affliction; a punishment.
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            Sharp scourges of adversity.          --Chaucer.
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            What scourge for perjury
            Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence?
                                                  --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

scourge
    n 1: a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic
         humor) [syn: scourge, flagellum]
    2: something causing misery or death; "the bane of my life"
       [syn: bane, curse, scourge, nemesis]
    3: a person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of
       the neighborhood" [syn: terror, scourge, threat]
    v 1: punish severely; excoriate
    2: whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves" [syn:
       flagellate, scourge]
    3: cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay
       waste to the countryside after the invasion" [syn: lay waste
       to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge]