Nouns (10)
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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"
Verbs (9)
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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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Fuzzynyms (56)
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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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