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Definition of scourges:

(n) : (figurative) A source of persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble, such as a cruel ruler, disease, pestilence, or war.
(v) : (figurative) To cause (someone or something) persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble; to afflict, to torment.
(n) : (figurative) A person or thing regarded as an agent of divine punishment.
(v) : (figurative) To punish (a person, an animal, etc.); to chastise.
(v) : To strike (a person, an animal, etc.) with a scourge (noun etymology 1, sense 1) or whip; to flog, to whip.
(v) : To drive, or force (a person, an animal, etc.) to move, with or as if with a scourge or whip.

Definition of scourges:

(n) : (figurative) A source of persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble, such as a cruel ruler, disease, pestilence, or war.
(v) : (figurative) To cause (someone or something) persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble; to afflict, to torment.
(n) : (figurative) A person or thing regarded as an agent of divine punishment.
(v) : (figurative) To punish (a person, an animal, etc.); to chastise.
(v) : To strike (a person, an animal, etc.) with a scourge (noun etymology 1, sense 1) or whip; to flog, to whip.
(v) : To drive, or force (a person, an animal, etc.) to move, with or as if with a scourge or whip.

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