scourge

[skɜ:ʤ] n

кнут; бич (a whip, often of leather); плеть; наказание; плётка; иго (4uzhoj); кара; бедствие; сечь; скверна (HarlemHomeboy); хлыст

fig.

бич (with gen., of)

idiom.

беда (a source of persistent trouble such as pestilence that causes pain and suffering or widespread destruction • Graffiti is the scourge of building owners everywhere.); бич (а source of persistent trouble such as pestilence that causes pain and suffering or widespread destruction • Settling over wilderness areas everywhere, like a deadly fog, is the scourge of our time: global warming. • Inequality is the scourge of modern Britain.)

obs.

шелеп (шЕ; плеть Супру)

polit.

бич (войны)

uncom.

подпужка (У; кнут Супру)

scourge [skɜ:ʤ] v

gen.