Словарь синонимов английского языка - scourge

(n) 1. curse, misfortune, bane, evil, affliction, plague, adversity, torment, misery, woe: He questions ghether AIDS should be considered the scourge of the 20th century. Was it Attila who proved himself the scourge of Rome? 2. whip, lash, cat-o'-nine-tails, knout, auirt, horsewhip, bull-whip: They saw fit to punish themselves with scourges. -(v) 3. whip, flog, beat, lash, horsewhip, whale, belt, flagellate: Some medieval sects scourged themselves as they went in procession through the cities. 4. punish, castigate, chastise, discipline, afflict, torment: In the old days, students were scourged if they made a mistake.