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scourge noun

  /skɜɹd͡ʒ/ , /skɜːd͡ʒ/ , [skɔɹd͡ʒ]
  • (weaponry, chiefly, historical) A whip, often made of leather and having multiple tails; a lash.
 ruoska, piiska
  • A source of persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble, such as a cruel ruler, disease, pestilence, or war.
 vitsaus, kirot, maanvaiva, riesa
  • A person or thing regarded as an agent of divine punishment.
 vitsaus

scourge verb

  /skɜɹd͡ʒ/ , /skɜːd͡ʒ/ , [skɔɹd͡ʒ]
  • (Scotland, agriculture) Of a crop or a farmer: to deplete the fertility of (land or soil).
 köyhdyttää
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