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scourge
1. n. A source of persistent trouble such as pestilence that causes pain and suffering or widespread destruction.
Graffiti is the scourge of building owners everywhere.
2. n. A means to inflict such pain or destruction.
3. n. A whip, often of leather.
He flogged him with a scourge.
4. v. To strike with a scourge; to flog.

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Empowered, informed citizens are the scourge of any tyrant.

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