scourge
noun
a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture.
scourger
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a word derived from
scourge.
Example Sentences
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And it may be to the ian, constitutes himself the scourger of Vulgarity.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was a political pamphleteer, a scourger of public scamps, and a pictorial muck-raker of genius.
From Promenades of an Impressionist by James Huneker
After any and every attack he would be swiftly on his feet, hurling forth fresh accusatory words and ignoring the punishment he had just received—would be himself the scourger of sin.
From Lloyd George The Man and His Story by Frank Dilnot
There shall be given for a remedy the city of Claudius, which shall interpose the nurse of the scourger.
From Old English Chronicles by Various
Mrs. Haddon had a proper sense of her public duties, a due appreciation of the extent of Dick's wickedness, and a full knowledge of her own inefficiency as a scourger.
From The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy by Edward Dyson
