scourge

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

1. a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor) (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
flagellum
• Derivationally related forms:
flagellate (for: flagellum)
• Hypernyms:
whip
2. something causing misery or death
- the bane of my life
• Syn:
bane, curse, nemesis
• Hypernyms:
affliction
3. a person who inspires fear or dread
- he was the terror of the neighborhood
• Syn:
terror, threat
• Derivationally related forms:
terrorist (for: terror)
• Hypernyms:
person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul

II - verb

1. punish severely;
excoriate
• Derivationally related forms:
scourger
• Hypernyms:
punish, penalize, penalise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. whip
- The religious fanatics flagellated themselves
• Syn:
flagellate
• Derivationally related forms:
scourger, flagellum (for: flagellate), flagellation (for: flagellate), flagellant (for: flagellate)
• Hypernyms:
flog, welt, whip, lather, lash,
slash, strap, trounce
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
• Syn:
lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage
• Derivationally related forms:
ravage (for: ravage), ravaging (for: ravage), desolation (for: desolate), devastation (for: devastate), waster (for: waste)
• Hypernyms:
destroy, ruin
• Hyponyms:
ruin
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  terror, threat, bane, curse, nemesis, flagellum, lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, flagellate