"Scourged" Pronounce,Meaning And Examples

"Scourged" Meaning

Scourged

Verb: Past tense of "scour", meaning to clean thoroughly by scrubbing or rubbing violently, or to afflict severely or punish harshly.

Example sentences:

The bone was scourged by the acid, eating away at its surface.
The villagers were scourged by harsh laws during the rebellion.
The army was scourged by disease, losing many soldiers.

In a metaphorical sense, "scourged" can also mean to afflict with a great or grinding problem, or to be frequently attacked or bothered.

Example sentences:

The bureaucratic system has scourged the country for years, stifling progress.
The government was scourged by a series of corruption scandals.

"Scourged" Examples

Usage Examples of "Scourged"

When the doctor pillaged the infected area with the antiseptic, she had to scourge the wound to remove all the pus and bacteria that had accumulated.
During the Crusades, the soldiers were scandalized by the scenes of hundreds of people being scourged in public by the orders of the Church.
The villagers were exhausted, having been scourged by the constant rain for weeks, and many of them were starting to lose hope.
The researchers had to thoroughly scourge the computer system to identify the root cause of the bug that was causing the network to crash.
The tourists were warned not to approach the area as it was a vast wasteland that once was a thriving town that was almost completely scourged to the ground by the war.