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scourge

scourge - noun

  1. A cause of suffering or harm: affliction, bane, curse, evil, ill, plague, woe. See help.

scourge - verb

  1. To bring great harm or suffering to: afflict, agonize, anguish, curse, excruciate, plague, rack, smite, strike, torment, torture. See attack. help.
  2. To criticize harshly and devastatingly: blister, drub, excoriate, flay, lash, rip into, scarify, scathe, scorch, score, slap, slash. Informal roast. Slang slam. See praise.