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"the scourge" is an appropriate and acceptable part of a sentence in written English.
You can use it to refer to something that has caused immense suffering or harm, such as an illness or disease, a war, or an oppressive system. For example: "The Great War was a scourge that changed the world forever."
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the scourge
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To strike with a scourge, to flog.
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The scourge of poverty.
The scourge of corruption is spreading.
It even survived the scourge of basketball.
He was the scourge of the Soviets".
Worldwide, the scourge of inflation is dormant.
Now the scourge is development.
Drugs are the scourge of our society.
The scourge came upon us rather quietly.
My cousins were the scourge of Butlins.
He was the scourge of his neighborhood.
INFLATION is the scourge of retirement accounts.
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