| Front | scourge |
|---|---|
| Back | scourge noun, verb BrE /skɜːdʒ/ NAmE /skɜːrdʒ/ noun word origin example bank 1 [usually singular] ~ (of sb/sth) (formal) a person or thing that causes trouble or suffering the scourge of war/disease/poverty Inflation was the scourge of the 1970s. 2 a whip used to punish people in the past verb verb forms word origin 1 [usually passive] ~ sb (literary) to cause trouble or suffering to sb He lay awake, scourged by his conscience. 2 ~ sb (old use) to hit sb with a scourge whip |
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