Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - scourge
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Scourge
scourge
~1 n 1 something that causes a lot of harm or suffering + of (The scourge of apartheid has finally ended.) 2 a whip used to punish people in former times ~2 v 1 to cause a lot of harm or suffering to a place or group of people (a country scourged by disease and war) 2 to hit someone with a whip as punishment in former times
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(scourges, scourging, scourged) 1. A scourge is something that causes a lot of trouble or suffering to a group of people. ...the best chance in 20 years to end the scourge of terrorism... N-COUNT: oft N of n 2. If something scourges a place or group of people, it causes great pain and suffering to people. Economic anarchy scourged the post-war world. VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French escorge, from escorger to whip, from Vulgar Latin *excorrigiare, from Latin ex- + corrigia thong, whip Date: 13th century 1. whip; especially one used to inflict pain or punishment 2. an instrument of punishment or criticism 3. a cause of wide or great affliction II. transitive verb (~d; scourging) Date: 14th century 1. flog, whip 2. a. to punish severely b. afflict c. to drive as if by blows of a whip d. chastise • ~r noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a whip used for punishment, esp. of people. 2 a person or thing seen as punishing, esp. on a large scale (the scourge of famine; Genghis Khan, the scourge of Asia). --v.tr. 1 whip. 2 punish; afflict; oppress. Derivatives scourger n. Etymology: ME f. OF escorge (n.), escorgier (v.) (ult. as EX-(1), L corrigia thong, whip) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. кнут, бич, плеть 2. бич, кара, наказание the divine scourge —- кара божья the scourge of war —- бедствие, вызванное войной war is the greatest scourge —- война - величайшее наказание flies and wasps are a regular scourge in summer —- мухи и осы - настоящий бич летом Id: the white scourge —- туберкулез Id: the S. of God —- Божий Бич (прозвище Аттилы) 3. наносить удары бичом, бить плетью, кнутом 4. карать, наказывать to scourge oneself —- бичевать себя to be scourged by the memory of one's misdeeds —- терзаться угрызениями совести при воспоминании о своих проступках 5. шотл. истощать землю ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) плеть 2) бич, бедствие; кара, наказание 2. v. 1) бичевать 2) карать, наказывать Syn: see beat ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 12c., from Anglo-Fr. escorge, back-formation from O.Fr. escorgier "to whip," from V.L. *excorrigiare, from L. ex- "out, off" + corrigia "thong, shoelace," in this case "whip," probably from a Gaulish word related to O.Ir. cuimrech "fetter." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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