Synonyms of scourged

scourged

verb

past tense of scourge

1

as in ravaged

to bring destruction to (something) through violent action

barbarians scourged the countryside, leaving village after village burned to the ground

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ravaged
• destroyed
• devastated
• ruined
• plundered
• despoiled
• stripped
• wrecked
• pillaged
• looted
• sacked
• shattered
• obliterated
• overwhelmed
• eradicated
• extirpated
• wracked
• annihilated
• desolated
• vaporized
• harried
• totalled
• wiped out
• smashed
• decimated
• wasted
• expunged
• stript
• extinguished
• marauded
• demolished
• totaled
• mowed
• razed
• nuked
• overpowered
• forayed
• overthrew
• rubbed out
• crushed
• overran

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• recovered
• restored
• redeemed
• rehabilitated
• repaired
• fixed
• reconditioned
• patched
• mended
• revamped

2

as in whipped

to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible

scourge the tree with a whip to loosen the bark

Synonyms & Similar Words

• whipped
• lashed
• slashed
• flogged
• flagellated
• spanked
• slapped
• thrashed
• flicked
• horsewhipped
• hided
• flailed
• licked
• tanned
• hit
• leathered
• switched
• punched
• knocked
• cut
• whaled
• mauled
• smacked
• birched
• pounded
• banged
• strapped
• whacked
• batted
• clipped
• caned
• clapped
• swiped
• cowhided
• rawhided
• thumped
• beat
• swatted
• clubbed
• cudgelled
• smote
• buffeted
• boxed
• pelted
• pummeled
• battered
• cracked
• bashed
• pummelled
• touched up
• knouted
• cuffed
• socked
• thwacked
• clobbered
• hammered
• pasted
• clapt
• bludgeoned
• threshed
• mangled
• paddled
• slugged
• roughed
• quirted
• bopped
• lathered
• whupped
• clouted
• drubbed
• busted
• walloped
• basted
• lambasted
• slated
• laced
• worked over
• pistol-whipped
• cudgeled
• bunged
• lammed
• belted
• belabored
• fustigated
• blackjacked
• bust
• tromped
• whapped
• slogged
• whopped
• fibbed
• pommelled
• pommeled