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scourge /ˈskɚʤ/  

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  • noun
    plural scourges
    [count] formal + literary :someone or something that causes a great amount of trouble or suffering
    a city ravaged by the scourge of unemployment/poverty
    The disease continues to be a scourge in the developing world.
    Spelling is the scourge of learners of English. [=spelling is very difficult for people who are learning English]
    a whip that was used to punish people in the past
    verb
    scourges; scourged; scourging
    [+ obj] formal + literary
    to cause a lot of trouble or suffering for (someone or something)
    a neighborhood scourged by crime
    to hit (someone) with a whip as punishment
    The prisoner was scourged with a whip.