blight

/blaɪt/
noun
  1. A disease that damages or kills plants, often causing spots or wilting.
    • Farmers worry about potato blight during wet summers.
    • A blight spread through the orchard, turning the leaves brown and dry.
    • The tomato plants in the garden were ruined by a fungal blight.
  2. Something that damages, spoils, or ruins something else.
    • Corruption is a blight on the country's development.
    • The abandoned factory was a blight on the neighborhood.
    • The new highway project became a blight on the peaceful countryside.
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verb
  1. To damage, spoil, or ruin something.
    • Years of neglect had blighted the once-beautiful park.
    • The frost blighted the early spring flowers.
    • His hopes for a promotion were blighted by the company's budget cuts.
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