scourge
/skəːdʒ/
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American sound/skəːdʒ/
scourge
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Myanmar meaning
(n) နှင်တံ။ကြာပွတ်။ရိုက်နှက်ဆုံးမရန်အရာ။ရိုက်နှက်ဆုံးမခြင်း။
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၁။ (လူရိုက်ရန်)ကျာပွတ်။
၂။ (usu sing ) ဘေးဆိုး။ ကပ်ဆိုက်ခြင်း။ အန္တရာယ်။ the scourge of war/ disease/ inflation ❍ These pirates were the scourge of the South China Sea. ❍ Rabbits are a scourge in some rural areas.
v ကျာပွတ်နှင့်ရိုက်သည်။ [ဥ] နှိပ်စက်ညှဉ်းပန်းသည်။ နှိပ်ကွပ်သည်။ (fig ) policies designed to scourge and oppress workers.
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bane, blight, plague, curse, thorn in your side, afflict, affliction, beat, belt, cane, castigate, chastise, correction, devastate, discipline, excoriate, flail, flog, harass, hit, horsewhip, infliction, lambaste, lash, menace, misfortune, often physically, penalize, penalty, pest, pestilence, punish, punishment, scathe, scorch, tan, terror, terrorize, thorn in your flesh, thrash, torment, tormentor, trounce, visitation, wallop, whale, whip
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