scourge

noun

The scourge of poverty affects millions of people around the world.

意味（1）

A source of persistent trouble such as pestilence that causes pain and suffering or widespread destruction.

Graffiti is the scourge of building owners everywhere.

意味（2）

A means to inflict such pain or destruction.

意味（3）

A whip, often of leather and often multi-tailed.

He flogged him with a scourge.