āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
Scourge
01
āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āĻ, āĻāĻļāĻž
a type of whip or lash that is often used to punish or torture individuals
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The medieval executioner wielded a scourge to administer lashes as a form of punishment.
āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻĻ āĻļāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸āĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¤ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻ¤āĨ¤
02
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻĒ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻĻ
a person who brings widespread suffering or devastation
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The ruthless warlord was known as a scourge, terrorizing villages and leaving destruction in his wake.
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¯ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŦāĻžāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻĻ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸āĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨, āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻ¤āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻ° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻāĻ¸ āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
03
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻĒ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻĻ
a cause of widespread suffering or affliction
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Earthquakes have been a historical scourge for communities located along tectonic plate boundaries.
āĻā§āĻāĻā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻž āĻŦāĻ°āĻžāĻŦāĻ° āĻ
āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŽā§āĻĒ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
to scourge
01
āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to cause widespread destruction or devastation, often resulting in complete ruin
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
War has scourged the region for years, leaving its infrastructure in ruins.
āĻ¯ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻŦāĻāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻŦāĻāĻ° āĻ§āĻ°ā§ āĻ
āĻā§āĻāĻ˛āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§, āĻāĻ° āĻ
āĻŦāĻāĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻāĻ¸āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻĒā§ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŖāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
to strike with a whip or similar instrument
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He was scourged for breaking the rules of the monastery.
03
to afflict or criticize harshly
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The critic scourged the author for the poorly written novel.
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
