scourge
noun
a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture.
is scourging
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present progressiveof scourge (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Pooh-poohed when it first turned up five years ago, and shoo-shooed into junior departments as recently as last year, the full-length coat is scourging floors across the country more effectively than an electric broom.
From Time Magazine Archive
He wept because they suspected he was a Sadducee, and they wept because the penalty for wrongly suspecting persons is scourging.
From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various
