scourged
past simple and past participle ofscourge
scourge
verb[T]
uk/skɜːdʒ/us/skɝːdʒ/scourgeverb[T](CAUSE SUFFERING)
tocausegreatsufferingor a lot oftrouble:
Thecountryhas been scourgedby(= hassufferedvery much because of)famineinrecentyears.
Damaging and spoiling
- adulterate
- adulterated
- adulteration
- at the expense ofsomeoneidiom
- at-risk
- butcher
- erode
- flaw
- foul
- foul(something)up
- gild the lilyidiom
- gloss
- gnaw
- rampage
- ravage
- ravages
- ruin
- scourge
- sour
- wreck
scourgeverb[T](BEAT)
old use
tobeatsomeone with awhip(= apieceofleatherorropefastenedto astick)as apunishment:
WhenJesuswas scourged by theRomansoldiershebledlike a man.
Synonyms
flog(PUNISH)
whip
- Much of thecourtyardpavementsurvivesin the Monastery of the Flagellation, whereJesusChristwas scourged.
- Thekingwasfilledwithguiltfor hismurderand in 1174 came to Canterbury to be scourged at Becket'stombby the 80monksof the Cathedral's Abbey.
- At thattimetheinsanewerefrequentlytorturedand scourged.
- Whenalone, he wouldpraystill more. He would scourge himself,keepmidnightvigils,weartheroughhairshirt.
Punishing by causing pain
- birch
- caning
- cat-o'-nine-tails
- corporal punishment
- flagellate
- horsewhip
- lynch
- lynch law
- lynching
- mortification
- paddle
- smack
- spanking
- tar and feathersomeoneidiom
- thrash
- thrashing
- thumbscrew
- waterboard
- waterboarding
- whip
Examplesofscourged
scourged
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
I hope and believe that it has completelyscourgedany complacency about health and safety at work.
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The encyclopedia describes this as the name given to those who scourge themselves or arescourgedby way of discipline or penance.
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I should like to see the number of men they havescourgedto come down— the number of men who have got what is called stiff pairs.
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The region is beingscourgedfor months by the sorcerers, even if the precedent year eleven people were burned alive in a sorcery trial.
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