Person causing great suffering (7)

I believe the answer is:

scourge

(Other definitions for scourge that I've seen before include "Pest" , "administer punishment" , "form of punishment" , "source of evil" , "Person/thing causing great suffering; whip" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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