scourge | Definition of scourge

scourge

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of scourge

1 to bring destruction to (something) through violent action

barbarians scourged the countryside, leaving village after village burned to the ground

Synonyms of scourge

destroy, devastate, ravage, ruin

Words Related to scourge

despoil, foray, harry, loot, maraud, pillage, plunder, sack, strip

annihilate, desolate, eradicate, expunge, extinguish, extirpate, nuke, obliterate, rub out, shatter, smash, total, vaporize, waste, wipe out, wrack, wreck

crush, overpower, overrun, overthrow, overwhelm

Near Antonyms of scourge

recondition, recover, redeem, rehabilitate, restore

fix, mend, patch, repair, revamp

2 to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible

scourge the tree with a whip to loosen the bark

Synonyms of scourge

birch, cowhide, flagellate, flail, flog, hide, horsewhip, lash, leather, rawhide, slash, switch, tan, thrash, whale, whip

Words Related to scourge

knout, quirt, strap

flick, touch up

blackjack, cane, club, cudgel, fustigate

bang, bop, box, bust, clap, clip, clobber, clout, crack, cuff, hit, knock, lam, paste, punch, slap, slug, smack, smite, sock, spank, swat, swipe, thwack, wallop, whack

bash, baste, bat, batter, beat, belabor, belt, bludgeon, buffet, bung, drub, fib [British], hammer, lace, lambaste (or lambast), lather, lick, mangle, maul, paddle, pelt, pommel, pound, pummel, rough, slate, slog, thresh, thump, tromp, whop (or whap), whup, work over