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scourge
Synonyms and Antonyms of scourge
- the museum display included a scourge, thumbscrews, and other notorious instruments of torture
- the attorney general, who just happens to be a candidate for governor, is a self-proclaimed scourge of organized crime
- the sheer ubiquity of food is proving to be the scourge of humanity, as evidenced by the obesity epidemic
scourge
Synonyms and Antonyms of scourge
- barbarians scourged the countryside, leaving village after village burned to the ground
- scourge the tree with a whip to loosen the bark
blackjack, cane, club, cudgel, fustigate
bang, bop, box, bust, clap, clip, clobber, clout, crack, cuff, hit, knock, lam, paste, punch, slap, slug, smack, smite, sock, spank, swat, swipe, thwack, wallop, whack
bash, baste, bat, batter, beat, belabor, belt, bludgeon, buffet, bung, drub, fib [British], hammer, lace, lambaste (or lambast), lather, lick, mangle, maul, paddle, pelt, pommel, pound, pummel, rough, slate, slog, thresh, thump, tromp, whop (or whap), whup, work over
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