A means to inflict such pain or destruction.
A source of persistent trouble such as pestilence that causes pain and suffering or widespread destruction.
A whip, often of leather and often multi-tailed.
To strike with a scourge; to flog.
Something that causes bitterness or affliction; a cause of mortification or vexation.
An intensely bitter herb (Artemisia absinthium and similar plants in genus Artemisia) used in medicine, in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.