Collocations for "scourged"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "scourged" in context.
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scourge
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- scourge [society, democracy, authority]
- [methods, tricks, powers] used to scourge
- used to scourge and [oppress, eliminate]
- the [enemy, troops, soldiers] scourged the area
- the [area, city, region] was scourged
- the [area] was scourged by [floods, storms]
- historical: was scourged with whips
- historical: was scourged by [soldiers, centurions]
- a [social, cultural, national] scourge
- is a scourge on [society, the country, mankind, humanity]
- the scourge of [drugs, terrorism, cocaine, unemployment]
- a scourge in [England]
- a scourge which [threatens, makes, causes, tears]
- [threatened] by the scourge of
- has been [plagued, weakened, punished] by the scourge
'scourged' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):