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blight
[ blahyt ]
noun
- Plant Pathology.
- the rapid and extensive discoloration, wilting, and death of plant tissues.
- a disease so characterized.
- any cause of impairment, destruction, ruin, or frustration:
Extravagance was the blight of the family.
Synonyms: , , ,
- the state or result of being blighted or deteriorated; dilapidation; decay:
urban blight.
verb (used with object)
- to cause to wither or decay; blast:
Frost blighted the crops.
Illness blighted his hopes.
verb (used without object)
- to suffer blight.
blight
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noun
- any plant disease characterized by withering and shrivelling without rotting See also potato blight
- any factor, such as bacterial attack or air pollution, that causes the symptoms of blight in plants
- a person or thing that mars or prevents growth, improvement, or prosperity
- an ugly urban district
- the state or condition of being blighted or spoilt
verb
- to cause or suffer a blight
- tr to frustrate or disappoint
- tr to spoil; destroy
blight
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- Any of numerous plant diseases that cause leaves, stems, fruits, and tissues to wither and die. Rust, mildew, and smut are blights.
- The bacterium, fungus, or virus that causes such a disease.
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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Example Sentences
US shoppers could very much be the frontline casualties in this trade war, blighted by higher prices and less choice, regardless of the president's rhetoric.
But he said drink and drugs had blighted her life.
The saga was the latest in a string of corruption cases that have blighted Chinese football over many years.
Mountains of rubbish blight the streets of the UK's second biggest city with no end in sight to a dispute that has been going on for weeks.
"We've committed to addressing the speed of play," Monahan said as he announced working group recommendations that will be implemented to try to erase one of the sport's biggest blights.
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