blightnoun
uk/blaɪt/us/blaɪt/[ U ] a disease that damages and kills plants
[ S or U ] something that spoils or has a very bad effect on something, often for a long time:
His arrival cast a blight on the wedding day.
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Plant pathology
- auxin
- canker
- dry rot
- Dutch elm disease
- etiolated
- excrescence
- fungicide
- herbicide
- insecticide
- node
- organophosphate
- pesticide
- rust
- scab
- sterility
- wither
- worm-eaten
- wormhole
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Damaging and spoiling
blightverb [ T ]
uk/blaɪt/us/blaɪt/to spoil something:
A broken leg blighted her chances of winning the championship.
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Damaging and spoiling
- adulterate
- alloy
- at the expense of sb idiom
- at-risk
- bandh
- bang up sb/sth
- gloss
- gnaw
- gnaw away at sth
- go west idiom
- goonda
- harm
- poison
- ruin
- scourge
- shatter
- shoot sth up
- shred
- sour
- tell on sb
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