Vocabulary
Scourge
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a person or thing that causes great trouble or suffering.
Urdu meaning
سزا دینا، چابک، کوڑا، درہ
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The UN has been struggling to uphold its relevance as an organisation set up in the aftermath of World War II and the accompanying genocide against European Jews `to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war`.
- Ergo: the world is ready to be guarantors against the scourge.
- Lawmakers must keep pace with the scale of the scourge and legislate to bring seminaries under education boards to ensure transparency.
- Eighty years ago, the founders of the United Nations pledged to `save succeeding generations from the scourge of war`.
- Today, the scourge is climate change and the generation is already here.
Synonyms
affliction, bane, curse, plague, menace, evil, misfortune, burden,
Antonyms
blessing, godsend
Curator example
“the scourge of mass unemployment”
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