Wiktionary:Word of the day/2024/February 1

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Word of the day
for February 1
scourge v (transitive)
  1. To strike (a person, an animal, etc.) with a scourge (noun sense 1) or whip; to flog, to whip.
  2. To drive, or force (a person, an animal, etc.) to move, with or as if with a scourge or whip.
  3. (figurative)
    1. To punish (a person, an animal, etc.); to chastise.
    2. To cause (someone or something) persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble; to afflict, to torment.
    3. (Scotland, agriculture) Of a crop or a farmer: to deplete the fertility of (land or soil).

scourge n

  1. (weaponry, chiefly historical) A whip, often made of leather and having multiple tails; a lash.
  2. (figurative)
    1. A person or thing regarded as an agent of divine punishment.
    2. A source of persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble, such as a cruel ruler, disease, pestilence, or war.
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