See scourge in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
A cause of suffering or harm:
affliction, bane, curse, evil, ill, plague, woe. See help
verb
To bring great harm or suffering to:
afflict, agonize, anguish, curse, excruciate, plague, rack, smite, strike, torment, torture. See attack, helpTo criticize harshly and devastatingly:
blister, drub, excoriate, flay, lash, rip into, scarify1, scathe, scorch, score, slap, slash. (Informal) roast. (Slang) slam. Idioms: burn someone's ears, crawl all over, pin someone's ears back, put someone on the griddle, put someone on the hot seat, rake over the coals, read the riot act to. See praise
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