Synonyms for scourge
skɜrdʒscourge

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1. scourge

   Strike is the word for a single blow; to beat is to strike repeatedly, as a bird beats the air with its wings. Others of the above words describe the manner of beating, as bastinado, to beat on the soles of the feet; belabor, to inflict a comprehensive and exhaustive beating; cudgel, to beat with a stick; thrash, as wheat was beaten out with the old hand-flail; to pound (akin to Latin pondus, a weight) is to beat with a heavy, and pommel with a blunt, instrument. To batter and to bruise refer to the results of beating; that is battered which is broken or defaced by repeated blows on the surface (compare synonyms for SHATTER); that is bruised which has suffered even one severe contusion. The metaphorical sense of beat, however, so far preponderates that one may be very badly bruised and battered, and yet not be said to be beaten, unless he has got the worst of the beating. To beat a combatant is to disable or dishearten him for further fighting. Hence beat becomes the synonym for every word which implies getting the advantage of another. Compare CONQUER.

   Almost all antonyms in this class are passive, and can be formed indefinitely from the conquering words by the use of the auxiliary be; as, be beaten, be defeated, be conquered, etc.

   Synonyms:
   bastinado, batter, beat, belabor, bruise, castigate, chastise, conquer, cudgel, defeat, flog, overcome, pommel, pound, smite, spank, strike, surpass, switch, thrash, vanquish, whip, worst

   Antonyms:
   fail, fall, get the worst of, go down, go under, surrender

   Preposition:
   Beat with a stick over the head; beat by a trick; out of town; beat to the ground; into submission.

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1. scourge

   Synonyms:
   punishment, bane, curse, undoing, visitation

   Antonyms:
   blessing, redemption, saving, reward, benefaction

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1. scourge, flagellumnoun

   a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)

   Synonyms:
   threat, curse, nemesis, terror, bane, flagellum

2. bane, curse, scourge, nemesisnoun

   something causing misery or death

   "the bane of my life"

   Synonyms:
   whammy, expletive, condemnation, swearing, curse word, flagellum, jinx, oath, execration, cuss, threat, curse, swearword, nemesis, bane, hex, torment, terror

3. terror, scourge, threatverb

   a person who inspires fear or dread

   "he was the terror of the neighborhood"

   Synonyms:
   threat, flagellum, little terror, menace, bane, panic, brat, affright, holy terror, terror, nemesis, curse

4. scourgeverb

   punish severely; excoriate

   Synonyms:
   devastate, flagellate, ravage, lay waste to, waste, desolate

5. flagellate, scourgeverb

   whip

   "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"

   Synonyms:
   devastate, flagellate, lay waste to, waste, ravage, desolate

6. lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourgeverb

   cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

   "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"

   Synonyms:
   waste, harry, emaciate, flagellate, abandon, blow, forsake, run off, devastate, desert, neutralise, pine away, neutralize, desolate, consume, macerate, ware, depopulate, languish, liquidate, squander, ravage, do in, rot, knock off, lay waste to

Matched Categories

1. • Punish
   • Whip

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1. scourgenoun

   Synonyms:
   whip, lash, thong, strap, cowhide

2. scourgenoun

   Synonyms:
   punishment, affliction, curse, pest, bane, plague, annoyance, infliction, nuisance

3. scourgeverb

   Synonyms:
   lash, whip

4. scourgeverb

   Synonyms:
   punish, chastise, chasten

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1. scourgenoun

   Synonyms:
   affliction, infliction, bane, punishment

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1. List of paraphrases for "scourge":

   plague, evil, blight, bane, curse, nitrogen, menace, disaster, affliction, epidemic

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1. scourge

   Synonyms:
   Epidemic (noun)
   

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1. Melania Trump:

   Together we are going to end the scourge of drug addiction in America, we are going to end it or we are going to at least make an extremely big dent in this terrible, terrible problem.

2. Asian Americans:

   The casual racism and regular xenophobia that we have seen from Trump and this administration is a national scourge.

3. University President John Hennessy:

   Violence in all forms has become a scourge on our society.

4. President Donald Trump:

   Today The United States is launching enhanced counternarcotics operations in the Western Hemisphere to protect the American people from the deadly scourge of illegal narcotics.

5. Annabella Sciorra:

   My testimony was painful but necessary, i spoke for Annabella Sciorra and with the strength of the eighty plus victims of Harvey Weinstein in my heart. While we hope for continued righteous outcomes that bring absolute justice, we can never regret breaking the silence. For in speaking truth to power we pave the way for a more just culture, free of the scourge of violence against women.