# scourging

Pronunciation: say "SKURJ-ing" US /ˈskɜɹd͡ʒɪŋ/, UK /ˈskɜːd͡ʒɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of scourge. — present participle and gerund of scourge
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of scourge. Use it after 'is', 'are' or 'was', or to name the action itself.
   - _Malaria was scourging the region long before the first clinics opened._
   - _The guards were accused of scourging prisoners who refused to work._

## Noun

2. A beating with a scourge or similar whip; a flogging.
   - Simple: A beating with a whip.
   - _Under the old law, theft from a temple was punished by public scourging._
   - _The painting shows the scourging of a captive tied to a stone pillar._

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