Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete spelling of
scourge . - A simplified spelling of
scourge .
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Examples
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These people in this political party have proved that they are a scurge on America, and the World ...
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Let us hope that someday the scurge of mangoism will vanish from this earth.
It Takes Two to Tango Candid Engineer 2008
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Standardization is part of the core of the Kalashnikov system, and one of the reasons for its martial success and its emergence, in the eyes of those who would more fully regulate the international small-arms trade, as a global scurge.
The Gun C. J. Chivers 2010
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Too, while the fledgling and very shaky (at best) Somali government has scratched and clawed its very limited authority in Mogadishu, it has no control whatsoever in the main pirate nest area of the northern Puntland region, and as such is completely impotent to control and/or stamp out this growing scurge.
Proposed Somali Pirate Solution: The B.O.S.S Plan (aka Operation S.O.S. �� Shoot On Sight) 2009
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He was a scurge to society and they said we are happy to have one less evil drug dealer walking around they say.
Poll: Same Number Know About Edwards' $400 Haircut That Know Saddam Didn't Have WMDs 2009
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THANK you tax payers, for giving me the opportunity to rid the earth of this scurge.
legitgov 2009
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It is the difference between going after the thieves who actually robbed your home rather than the local thug who happened to be in the vicinity and everyone agreed was a scurge even though he didn't actually rob any houses.
Obama's Full Terrorism Speech: Sharpens Contrast With Hillary On Foreign Policy 2009
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I REALLY hope that Obama has a strategy to squash the Clintons because they have become a scurge on the party.
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But meanwhile the same scurge that started it all is still alive and well and the banks and land-owners are still waiting for their unearned profits to come rolling in.
Our Out-of-Whack Economy and the Happy Talk Propagandists 2009
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But meanwhile the same scurge that started it all is still alive and well and the banks and land-owners are still waiting for their unearned profits to come rolling in.
Our Out-of-Whack Economy and the Happy Talk Propagandists 2009
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