2. purge, cleanse, clear, purify, lustrate; clean out,
Med. absterge, free from impurity; deterge, mundify, depurate.
3. eject, expel, rout out, weed out, root out, close the door on, drum out, get rid of, clear out, exterminate, do away with. scour2, v. 1. rummage, ransack, rake, comb, turn upside down, turn inside out; look everywhere, look high and low, look in every corner, look all over, look upstairs and downstairs, leave no stone unturned.
2. hurry, move quickly or fast, tear along; zip, whiz, dash, scoot; dart, bolt, shoot, fly; SI. go like a bat out of hell, go like a shot, outstrip the wind, go like the wind, scorch the ground, burn up the track.
3. roam, wander, range about, traverse, cross, cover ground.
scourge, n. 1. whip, horsewhip, bullwhip, cowhide, rawhide, thong, strap; flail, lash, switch, cat-o'-ninetails, cat; flagellum, knout, quirt, U.S. blacksnake; bastinado, rod, stick, baton, cane, cudgel, blackjack, club, Inf. billy.
2. plague, pestilence, bane, affliction; adversity, evil, curse, misfortune, ill fortune, back luck, hard luck, bitter cup or pill; torment, torture, blow, catastrophe, misery, woe; trouble, worry, trial, tribulation; burden, load, heavy load, hardship, cross to bear; vexation, irritation, gall, pain in the neck, thorn in one's side, Inf. headache; aggravation, annoyance, nuisance, pest, bother, SI. pill.
-v. 3. whip, horsewhip, cowhide, strap, curry, SI. belt; flail, lash, switch, birch, flog, flagellate; bastinado, baste, cane, cudgel, fustigate; thrash, thresh, spank, paddle, Inf. whale, Inf. whale the tar out of, Inf. whomp, Inf. lace, Inf. tan [s.o.'s] hide; strike, hit, smite, swat, slap, smack, thwack, Dial, hit up side the head; beat, batter, Inf. lambaste, Inf. thump, Inf. wallop, Inf. give it to, Inf. give [s.o.] the works or the business or what for, Inf. let [s.o.] have it.
4. chasten, castigate, discipline, correct; punish, dole out punishment, give [s.o.] what is coming to him or what he deserves, penalize, rap [s.o.'s] knuckles, slap [s.o.'s] wrists.
5. excoriate, objurgate, berate, rate, tongue-lash, fulminate against, lay out in lavender, Inf. bawl or chew out, Inf. jump down [s.o.'s] throat, SI. lay into, SI. strafe, Archaic, clapperclaw; chastise, take [s.o.] to task, call on the carpet, Inf. dress down, Inf. jump on, SI. jump all over; scold, reproach, rebuke, reprove, reprimand, chide; criticize, censure, call down, run or put down, Inf. slam, Inf. knock.
scout1, n. 1. reconnoiterer, outrider, leader, guide, advance man, avant-courier, spy, bird dog, emissary; advance guard, vanguard, van.
2. Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Eagle Scout; Brownie, Girl Scout, Cadette, Senior Scout.
-v. 3. reconnoiter, Obs. pickeer, inspect, observe, study, U.S. SI. case, watch, spy or spy on; survey, explore, Inf. check out, investigate, examine.
4. Informal. Usu.
scout out or
up seek, search for, look for, look around for, hunt for, cast around for, fish for; find, come up with, hunt down, track down, chase down, search out, ferret out; scare up, rustle up.
scout2, v. flout, contemn, disdain, despise, detest, loathe, misprize, spurn, reject, scorn; revile, abuse, berate, vilify, vilipend, vituperate, objurgate, denounce; disparage, deprecate, depreciate, belittle, decry, minimize; downgrade, Inf. knock, Inf. pan, Inf. put down, pooh-pooh; look down on, spit upon, consider beneath oneself; ridicule, laugh at, mock, make fun of, poke fun at, deride, jeer, scoff.
