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scourge

/ˈskɚʤ/

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noun

plural scourges

[count] formal + literary :someone or something that causes a great amount of trouble or suffering

a city ravaged by the scourge of unemployment/poverty

The disease continues to be a scourge in the developing world.

Spelling is the scourge of learners of English. [=spelling is very difficult for people who are learning English]

a whip that was used to punish people in the past

verb

scourges; scourged; scourging

[+ obj] formal + literary

to cause a lot of trouble or suffering for (someone or something)

a neighborhood scourged by crime

to hit (someone) with a whip as punishment

The prisoner was scourged with a whip.