# scourges

Pronunciation: say "SKURJ-iz" US /ˈskɜɹd͡ʒɪz/, UK /ˈskɜːd͡ʒɪz/

## Noun

1. Plural of scourge. — plural of scourge
   - Simple: Plural of scourge. Use it when you mean more than one.
   - _For centuries smallpox and famine were the twin scourges of the countryside._
   - _Poverty and hunger remain scourges in many parts of the world._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of scourge. — third-person singular simple present indicative of scourge
   - Simple: The form of scourge used after he, she or it in the present.
   - _Every summer, drought scourges the farms along the valley._
   - _In the novel, a long war scourges the small kingdom for decades._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/scourges (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).