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Thesaurus entry: scourge
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scourge
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noun
1.
historical
he was beaten with a scourge
synonyms
: whip, horsewhip, lash, strap, birch, switch, bullwhip, rawhide;
historical
cat-o'-nine-tails.
2.
inflation was the scourge of the mid-1970s
synonyms
: affliction, bane, curse, plague, menace, evil, misfortune, burden, cross to bear; blight, cancer, canker.
antonyms:
blessing, godsend.
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verb
1.
historical
he was publicly scourged
synonyms
: flog, whip, beat, horsewhip, lash, flagellate, strap, birch, cane, thrash, belt, leather;
informal
tan someone's hide, take a strap to.
2.
a disease that scourged North America
synonyms
: afflict, plague, torment, torture, curse, ...