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Meaning of scourge

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  scourge
      n 1: a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic
           humor) [syn: {scourge}, {flagellum}]
      2: something causing misery or death; "the bane of my life"
         [syn: {bane}, {curse}, {scourge}, {nemesis}]
      3: a person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of
         the neighborhood" [syn: {terror}, {scourge}, {threat}]
      v 1: punish severely; excoriate
      2: whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves" [syn:
         {flagellate}, {scourge}]
      3: cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay
         waste to the countryside after the invasion" [syn: {lay waste
         to}, {waste}, {devastate}, {desolate}, {ravage}, {scourge}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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