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scourge, flagellum

n. a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)

terror, scourge, threat

n. a person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of the neighborhood"

scourge, curse, affliction, bane, nemesis

n. something causes misery or death; "the bane of my life"

scourge

v. punish severely; excoriate

flagellate, scourge

v. whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"

lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge

v. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"

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thong

n. a thin strip of leather; often used to lash things together

plague

n. an annoyance; "those children are a damn plague"

enemy, foe, foeman, opposition

n. an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies"

antagonist

n. a drug that neutralizes or counteracts the effects of another drug

rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender

n. the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"

poison, toxicant, poisonous substance

n. any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism

calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm

n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"

ruin, ruination

n. an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction; "you have brought ruin on this entire family"

cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick

v. beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"

beat, beat up, work over

v. give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"

thrash, thresh, lam, flail

v. give a thrashing to; beat hard

sack, plunder

v. plunder (a town) after capture; "the barbarians sacked Rome"

level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down

v. tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled"

demolish, pulverize, pulverise

v. destroy completely; "the wrecking ball demolished the building"; "demolish your enemies"; "pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand"

plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray

v. steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"

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