Scourge

"Scourge" in Finnish

kirot

(source of persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble)

maanvaiva

(source of persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble)

piiska

(whip, often made of leather and having multiple tails)

riesa

(source of persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble)

ruoska

(whip, often made of leather and having multiple tails)

vitsaus

(person or thing regarded as an agent of divine punishment)

vitsaus

(source of persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble)

köyhdyttää

(of a crop or a farmer: to deplete the fertility of (land or soil))

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