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Meanings of scourge in inglés
Synonyms
Examples for "curse"
Examples for "curse"
1
Thyestes exalts over the fulfillment of another chapter in the inevitable curse.
2
They had got the Nibelungen hoard; and with it the Nibelungen curse.
3
The curse of militarism may make itself felt even in the school-room.
4
Maybe Drake is trying to direct the curse's power towards the Warriors.
5
The fearful curse of the country, however, is the belief in witchcraft.
1
The Portuguese, however, have proved a nemesis in the last 10 years.
2
Somewhere along the way, Sarah has decided Hannah is her arch nemesis.
3
Instead his arch nemesis became a byword for political strength and stability.
4
He never did, ceding the stage, for the moment, to his nemesis.
5
If their nemesis was dead, then the Harkonnens no longer needed vengeance.
1
The nineteenth century brought us the boon and the bane of industrialism.
2
Now their unsold homes are the bane of a sickly housing market.
3
It is, in truth, the only antidote to the bane of whiskey.
4
LATE payment for goods and services is the bane of business life.
5
The Hall door had been shut against the bane of the night-air.
To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly.
Usage of scourge in inglés
1
Credit Card Interest Credit cards are a scourge on the family budget.
2
And the Year 2000 problem is proving to be an unavoidable scourge.
3
Let no one underplay the scourge of Islamophobic, racist, extreme right terrorism.
4
The president and I also discussed the scourge of radical Islamic terrorism.
5
The scourge of typhus in Serbia is a recent and graphic illustration.
6
The scourge of nicotine addiction and its lethal effect was a given.
7
Critically, vaccination reliably conferred immunity to the far greater scourge of smallpox.
8
Yes, June brings its usual scourge of sci-fi tentpoles and event television.
9
So far, the United States has been largely exempt from the scourge.
10
Well, to protect the innocent and scourge the wicked in his pride.
11
But Tonio, used to being treated as a scourge, only came closer.
12
Such small, fast-moving forces had once been the scourge of the North.
13
For the third blow he made the scourge whistle through the air.
14
We must end the deadly scourge of domestic violence in our country.
15
The Traders: And the Galilean has driven us out with a scourge.
16
Sumner was the scourge of God, the conscience of the state incarnate.
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Translations for scourge
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Scourge through the time
Scourge across language varieties
South Africa
Common
Ireland
Less common
United Kingdom
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