scourging
present 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
Examplesofscourging
scourging
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
I am convinced that if this were done we could reform the rating system withoutscourginglocal government or local government democracy.
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That was thescourgingand spitting process.
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The roof of the car is ripped off by a roadblock and the girls crash into a subway to escape thescourgingsunlight.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Then, they are taken to thescourgingroom.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.One element that is apparently distinctive is the use of ritualscourgingand binding as a method of attaining an ecstatic trance for magical working.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Other reported forms include tears of blood or sweating blood, and wounds to the back as fromscourging.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In addition to raising power, binding andscourgingcan heighten the initiates' sensitivity and spiritual experience.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Their occupations were to be the care of the sick, the burial of the dead, prayer, and strict mortification (including dailyscourging).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Among other things, she was subjected toscourgingwith a lash.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He would also walk through the assembled peoplescourginghimself to the point of drawing blood and beyond.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He also said that he was indeed experiencing the pain of the crown of thorns and thescourging.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A simple method was dancing round the circle singing or chanting; another method was the traditional binding andscourging.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Flagellation is also calledscourging.
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