Scourge

  • 21scourge — 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.… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 22scourge — scourger, n. scourgingly, adv. /skerrj/, n., v., scourged, scourging. n. 1. a whip or lash, esp. for the infliction of punishment or torture. 2. a person or thing that applies or administers punishment or severe criticism. 3. a cause of… …

    Universalium

  • 23scourge — [13] Scourge comes ultimately from a Latin word for a ‘long strip of leather’, corrigio, which itself was borrowed from Celtic. It had a number of specific applications, including ‘shoelace’, ‘rein’, and ‘whip’, and it was the last that formed… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 24scourge — noun 1》 historical a whip used as an instrument of punishment. 2》 a person or thing causing great trouble or suffering. verb 1》 historical whip with a scourge. 2》 cause great suffering to. Derivatives scourger noun (historical). Origin ME:… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 25scourge — 1 noun (C) 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 verb (T) 1 to cause a lot of harm or suffering to a place or group of people: a… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 26scourge — [13] Scourge comes ultimately from a Latin word for a ‘long strip of leather’, corrigio, which itself was borrowed from Celtic. It had a number of specific applications, including ‘shoelace’, ‘rein’, and ‘whip’, and it was the last that formed… …

    Word origins

  • 27Scourge (Transformers) — Scourge is the name of several fictional characters from the Transformers series. He first appeared as one of the central villains in the 1986 film The Transformers, voiced by Stan Jones. He also regularly appeared in the animated Transformers… …

    Wikipedia

  • 28Scourge (personaje de Transformers) — Scourge es el nombre de los cuatro personajes de ficción de la serie de Transformers. Apareció por primera vez como uno de los Decepticons centrales en la película de 1986. También aparece como villano central y secundario en la serie animada… …

    Wikipedia Español

  • 29Scourge (disambiguation) — Scourge can refer to: *Scourge, a whip or flail; also the act of using a scourge *, an expansion set to the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering * Scourge (Schooner), an American schooner converted to a warship; sank during the War of 1812… …

    Wikipedia

  • 30Scourge the Hedgehog — (antes conocido como Anti Sonic o Evil Sonic) es un personaje perteneciente a los Archie Comics, Scourge es una version alterna de Sonic que viene de un mundo llamado Anti Mobius (tambien conocido como Moebius). Es un personaje bastante reciente… …

    Wikipedia Español