scourged

past tense of scourge
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Recent Examples of scourged These scourged the poor harder than anyone else. Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scourged
Verb
  • This contagious malady has ravaged Norfolk County over the past few years.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
  • On the news, Ukraine was ravaged.
    Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • With notes of caramel, maple sugar, and whipped coconut, Ellis Brooklyn’s latest launch proves that sweet can still be sophisticated.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 12 Sep. 2025
  • As the winds whipped across the seaside links-style layout, the competition heated up.
    Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Alternatively, a star being ripped apart in TDE could produce a day-long GRB, but this scenario fails to replicate other properties of the GRB 250702B, an explosion that would require a very unusual star being destroyed by an even stranger black hole.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Hadid was commissioned to design it for a fire brigade on the Vitra Campus after a major 1981 fire destroyed most of the complex, which originally consisted of factory buildings but is now a collection of contemporary design and architecture showrooms.
    Mae Hamilton, AFAR Media, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The president has frequently lashed out at celebrities who have spoken out against him, recently including the likes of Taylor Swift, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel.
    Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Ben-Gvir, who leads a small far-right ultranationalist party, lashed out at the court ruling Sunday.
    Natalie Melzer, Twin Cities, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Jeffco Public Schools Superintendent Tracy Dorland said she was devastated and angry about the shooting.
    Katie Langford, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
  • June’s death in May 2003 left the music legend devastated.
    Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Global energy firms slashed thousands of jobs after the 2020 oil bust, leaving a skeletal workforce.
    Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Trump maintained Friday that the economy would be adding jobs if Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell had slashed benchmark interest rates, even though doing so to the degree that Trump wants could ignite higher inflation.
    Josh Boak, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Scourged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scourged. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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