scourge
English Thesaurus
1. a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor) (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | whip, |
| definition | : | an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping (noun.artifact) |
2. a person who inspires fear or dread (noun.person)
3. something causing misery or death (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | affliction, |
| definition | : | a cause of great suffering and distress (noun.event) |
4. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | destroy, ruin, |
| definition | : | destroy completely; damage irreparably (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | ruin, |
| definition | : | reduce to ruins (verb.contact) |
6. punish severely; excoriate (verb.social)
7. a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor) (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | scourge, |
| definition | : | punish severely; excoriate (verb.social) |
8. a person who inspires fear or dread (noun.person)
| derivation | : | terrorist, |
| definition | : | a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities (noun.person) |
9. something causing misery or death (noun.state)
10. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly (verb.change)
| derivation | : | destruction, devastation, |
| definition | : | the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | devastation, ravaging, |
| definition | : | plundering with excessive damage and destruction (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | depredation, ravage, |
| definition | : | (usually plural) a destructive action (noun.event) |
| derivation | : | flagellum, scourge, |
| definition | : | a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor) (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | flagellant, |
| definition | : | a person who whips himself as a religious penance (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | flagellant, |
| definition | : | a person who is whipped or whips himself for sexual gratification (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | flogger, scourger, |
| definition | : | a torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official whose duty is to whip offenders) (noun.person) |
12. punish severely; excoriate (verb.social)
| derivation | : | flagellum, scourge, |
| definition | : | a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor) (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | flogger, scourger, |
| definition | : | a torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official whose duty is to whip offenders) (noun.person) |
13. a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor) (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | scourge, |
| definition | : | punish severely; excoriate (verb.social) |
14. a person who inspires fear or dread (noun.person)
| derivation | : | terrorist, |
| definition | : | a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities (noun.person) |
15. something causing misery or death (noun.state)
16. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly (verb.change)
| derivation | : | destruction, devastation, |
| definition | : | the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | devastation, ravaging, |
| definition | : | plundering with excessive damage and destruction (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | depredation, ravage, |
| definition | : | (usually plural) a destructive action (noun.event) |
| derivation | : | flagellum, scourge, |
| definition | : | a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor) (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | flagellant, |
| definition | : | a person who whips himself as a religious penance (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | flagellant, |
| definition | : | a person who is whipped or whips himself for sexual gratification (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | flogger, scourger, |
| definition | : | a torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official whose duty is to whip offenders) (noun.person) |
18. punish severely; excoriate (verb.social)
| derivation | : | flagellum, scourge, |
| definition | : | a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor) (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | flogger, scourger, |
| definition | : | a torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official whose duty is to whip offenders) (noun.person) |
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