Definition of blight

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Blight (n.) That which frustrates one's plans or withers one's hopes; that which impairs or destroys.

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Blighting :: Blighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bligh.
Blightingly :: Blightingly (adv.) So as to cause blight.
Blast :: Blast (n.) A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight..
Sneap :: Sneap (v. t.) To nip; to blast; to blight.
Blight :: Blight (n.) A downy species of aphis, or plant louse, destructive to fruit trees, infesting both the roots and branches; -- also applied to several other injurious insects..
Blight :: Blight (n.) Mildew; decay; anything nipping or blasting; -- applied as a general name to various injuries or diseases of plants, causing the whole or a part to wither, whether occasioned by insects, fungi, or atmospheric influences..
Frostbite :: Frostbite (v. t.) To expose to the effect of frost, or a frosty air; to blight or nip with frost..
Blast :: Blast (v. i.) To be blighted or withered; as, the bud blasted in the blossom..
Blasted :: Blasted (a.) Blighted; withered.
Blast :: Blast (v. t.) Hence, to affect with some sudden violence, plague, calamity, or blighting influence, which destroys or causes to fail; to visit with a curse; to curse; to ruin; as, to blast pride, hopes, or character..
Blight :: Blight (v. i.) To be affected by blight; to blast; as, this vine never blights..
Blight :: Blight (v. t.) To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of.
Blight :: Blight (n.) That which frustrates one's plans or withers one's hopes; that which impairs or destroys.
Blight :: Blight (n.) A rashlike eruption on the human skin.
Wither :: Wither (v. t.) To cause to languish, perish, or pass away; to blight; as, a reputation withered by calumny..
Blast :: Blast (v. t.) To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to stop or check the growth of, and prevent from fruit-bearing, by some pernicious influence; to blight; to shrivel..
Blighted :: Blighted (imp. & p. p.) of Bligh.
Blight :: Blight (v. t.) Hence: To destroy the happiness of; to ruin; to mar essentially; to frustrate; as, to blight one's prospects..
Blighting :: Blighting (a.) Causing blight.
Blight :: Blight (n.) The act of blighting, or the state of being blighted; a withering or mildewing, or a stoppage of growth in the whole or a part of a plant, etc..
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