- 1[usually passive] scourge somebody (literary) to cause trouble or suffering to someone He lay awake, scourged by his conscience.
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- 2scourge somebody (old use) to hit someone with a scourge synonym whip
scourge
verbNAmE//skərdʒ//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they scourge he / she / it scourges
past simple scourged
-ing form scourging
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