Blight is a word that is used to describe something that is harmful or destructive. It can refer to anything from a plant to a city.
The blight caused by the pollution is destroying the crops.
The blight caused by the war is destroying the city.
verb
cause to suffer a blight
Synonyms:
noun
any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting
noun
a state or condition being blighted
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Kats grew very slowly and was blighted by the plagues of 1603 to 1605 and 1650.
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Is it the blight or the starvation and deaths
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There is a medication to cure blight.
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The blight was only one of the factors.
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The neighborhood is now badly blighted.
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Anger is the evil genius and blight of the intellect.
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It seems the sport's been blighted that way.
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The neighborhood is one of the most blighted in the city.
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Much of his time as player was blighted by injury.
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In the Highlands, in 1846, potato crops were blighted.