Translation of "flagelo" into English

Resulta que si remueves una o más de estas piezas, el flagelo ya no funciona para nada.

Turns out if you remove one of more of these pieces, the flagellum doesn't work at all.

Cualquier decisión orientada a aumentar la cooperación multilateral e internacional para luchar contra ese flagelo es importante.

Any decision aimed at enhancing multilateral and international cooperation to fight that scourge was important.

Nos flagela, nos castiga, nos azota otra vez.

It's flagellated us, it's whipped us, it's lashed us for a further time.