Meaning & use
Scourged
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Punished or afflicted severely, especially by whipping, or caused great and widespread suffering to.
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The prisoner was scourged as punishment under the ancient Roman legal code.
The region was scourged by years of drought and famine.
A note on using this word
Beyond its literal sense of whipping, "scourged" is often used figuratively to describe widespread suffering caused by disease, war, or disaster.
Words with a similar meaning
whippedfloggeddevastated
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Words with an opposite meaning
soothedcomforted
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