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Synonyms of scour(s)
(Entry 1 of 2)
as in diarrhea, dysentery
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scours
verb
present tense third-person singular of scour
Synonyms & Antonyms of scours (Entry 2 of 2)
to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something
- the police scoured the city for the Typhoid Mary of this latest epidemic
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“Scour(s).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scour%28s%29. Accessed 7 Jul. 2022.
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