scourge

²scourge

verb

scourgedscourg·ing

Definition of SCOURGE

transitive verb

1

: flog, whip

2

a : to punish severely b : afflict c : to drive as if by blows of a whip d : chastise

— scourg·er noun

Examples of SCOURGE

1. a neighborhood scourged by crime
2. The prisoner was scourged with a whip.

First Known Use of SCOURGE

14th century

Related to SCOURGE

Synonyms: destroy, devastate, ruin, ravage

Related Words: despoil, foray, harry, loot, maraud, pillage, plunder, sack, strip; annihilate, desolate, eradicate, expunge, extinguish, extirpate, nuke, obliterate, rub out, shatter, smash, total, vaporize, waste, wipe out, wrack, wreck; decimate, mow; demolish, raze; crush, overpower, overrun, overthrow, overwhelm

Near Antonyms: recondition, recover, redeem, rehabilitate, restore; fix, mend, patch, repair, revamp

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