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“scourge”
scourge
1. A source of widespread dreadful affliction and devastation; such as, that caused by pestilence or war.
2. A means of inflicting severe suffering, vengeance, or punishment.
3. A whip used to inflict punishment.
4. To afflict with severe or widespread suffering and devastation; to ravage.
5. To chastise, to punish, or to criticize severely; to excoriate; to flog.
6. Etymology: from Anglo-French escorge, back-formation from Old French escorgier "to whip"; from Vulgar Latin excorrigiare, from Latin ex-, "out, off" + corrigia, "thong, shoelace"; in this case "whip".
2. A means of inflicting severe suffering, vengeance, or punishment.
3. A whip used to inflict punishment.
4. To afflict with severe or widespread suffering and devastation; to ravage.
5. To chastise, to punish, or to criticize severely; to excoriate; to flog.
6. Etymology: from Anglo-French escorge, back-formation from Old French escorgier "to whip"; from Vulgar Latin excorrigiare, from Latin ex-, "out, off" + corrigia, "thong, shoelace"; in this case "whip".
Although this word is not directly related to this flagello- family, it is relative to the content.
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flagello-, flagell-
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“scourge”
(Greek: whip, flog, scourge)