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Scourges

A source of persistent trouble such as pestilence that causes pain and suffering or widespread destruction.

📖 Definitions of "Scourges"

noun
  1. 1

    A source of persistent trouble such as pestilence that causes pain and suffering or widespread destruction.

    "Graffiti is the scourge of building owners everywhere."

  2. 2

    A means to inflict such pain or destruction.

  3. 3

    A whip, often of leather.

    "He flogged him with a scourge."

verb
  1. 1

    To strike with a scourge; to flog.

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