scourge
/skɜːdʒ/ noun formalTranslation
the scourge of sth › something which causes a lot of suffering or trouble
belâ, musibet, kötülük, âfet, felâket
Drug-related crime is the scourge of modern society.1785(Definition of scourge noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish
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