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n. Plural form of scourge.

v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scourge.

"They did not like to see Roman soldiers whipping people with long leather whips called scourges, into which bits of glass and lead and iron were fastened to make them bite more deeply into some poor Jew's back."

scourged    scourges    scourging   

penalise    penalize    punish    affliction    strap   

lash    whip    punishment    chastise    calamity   

converge    dirge    diverge    emerge    merge   

plague    ravage    pestilence    epidemic    calamity