Main entry: scourge, flagellum
Definition: a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
Main entry: terror, threat, scourge
Definition: a person who inspires fear or dread
Usage: he was the terror of the neighborhood
Main entry: curse, nemesis, bane, scourge
Definition: something causing misery or death
Usage: the bane of my life
Main entry: desolate, devastate, scourge, lay waste to, ravage, waste
Definition: cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
Usage: The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
Main entry: scourge, flagellate
Definition: whip
Usage: The religious fanatics flagellated themselves
Main entry: scourge
Definition: punish severely; excoriate