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Synonyms
blight (blīt)

[Origin unknown.]

noun 

    1. Any of numerous plant diseases resulting in sudden conspicuous wilting and dying of affected parts, especially young, growing tissues.
    2. The condition or causative agent, such as a bacterium, fungus, or virus, that results in blight.
  2. An extremely adverse environmental condition, such as air pollution.
  3. Something that impairs growth, withers hopes and ambitions, or impedes progress and prosperity.

verb: blight·ed, blight·ing, blights. 

transitive verb 

  1. To cause (a plant, for example) to undergo blight.
  2. To have a deleterious effect on; ruin. See synonyms at blast

intransitive verb 

To suffer blight.