scourge
noun
a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture.
scourged
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past participleof scourge.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof scourge.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
scourgenouna whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture.
Example Sentences
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He then revealed his "scourged back" as proof.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2022
Pope Francis, in 2013, said the shroud is an “icon of a man scourged and crucified.”
From Washington Times ● Feb. 24, 2022
The subject, from St. John’s Gospel, shows Pontius Pilate presenting the scourged and mocked Christ to the crowd.
From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2021
Diane Offutt, eyes squeezed shut, nodded amen, as did the girlfriend, while Kovler portrayed their man as industrious and responsible, not someone fitting the profile of a shooter in a metropolis scourged by hair-trigger mayhem.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2019
Their bulging eyes seemed to rebuke her stares, but what were the attentions of one girl, disturbing their rest, compared to how the world had scourged them since the day they were brought into it?
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
