The phrase "attack the scourge" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one is discussing efforts to combat a serious problem or issue, often of a social, health, or environmental nature.
Example: "The government has launched a new initiative to attack the scourge of homelessness in urban areas."
Alternatives: "combat the plague" or "fight the menace".
His attack on the scourge of FGM was quite without diplomatic circumlocution.
The commercials are part of the governments concerted attack on the scourge of ice which the Australian Crime Commission says poses the highest risk of all illicit drugs.
But a Columbia University professor thinks he has found a way to attack the scratchiti scourge.
It also marked an important step in expressing the political will to attack this scourge by governments, both in the South and the North," said Michèle Barzach, the President of UNICEF France.
JAKE HILDNER Chicago, Aug. 12, 2013 To the Editor: An effective attack on the scourges that Peter Singer cites, and so many other endemic diseases, will be mounted only by an ethical society with an educated, broadly aware populace.
Overlooking this quiet hamlet is a brilliant white 18th-century fortress, built when attacks by Moorish pirates were the scourge of the island.
This should be the first of several steps to bolster the attack on a scourge that Mr. Obama described as "modern slavery" in a passionate address on the issue last week at the Clinton Global Initiative.
Islamabad did condemn the suicide bombing attack, and called for "concerted efforts and effective cooperation... to eradicate the scourge of terrorism".
Russia is an indispensable partner in the global battle against the scourge of terrorism; it has endured despicable terrorist attacks against its innocent citizens, such as at Beslan.
When attacking with Scourge, send in some units to give cover for the Scourge so that they can actually reach their target.
