Meaning Of The Word Blight

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blight
uncountable noun: Blight is a disease which makes plants dry up and die.
variable noun: You can refer to something as a blight when it causes great difficulties, and damages or spoils other things.
verb: If something blights your life or your hopes, it damages and spoils them. If something blights an area, it spoils it and makes it unattractive.

blight in American English
any atmospheric or soil condition, parasite, or insect that kills, withers, or checks the growth of plants
intransitive verb: to suffer blight
noun: the rapid and extensive discoloration, wilting, and death of plant tissues
transitive verb: to cause to wither or decay; blast

blight in British English
noun: any plant disease characterized by withering and shrivelling without rotting
verb: to cause or suffer a blight

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