blight

verb

/blaɪt/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they blight	/blaɪt/ /blaɪt/
he / she / it blights	/blaɪts/ /blaɪts/
past simple blighted	/ˈblaɪtɪd/ /ˈblaɪtɪd/
past participle blighted	/ˈblaɪtɪd/ /ˈblaɪtɪd/
-ing form blighting	/ˈblaɪtɪŋ/ /ˈblaɪtɪŋ/

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noun

/blaɪt/

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[uncountable, countable] any disease that kills plants, especially crops
- potato blight
- Many areas have been devastated by blights which destroyed cereal crops and vines.
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- blight
- cereal
- crop
- genetically modified
- grain
- harvest
- monoculture
- organic
- staple
- yield
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[singular, uncountable] blight (on somebody/something) something that has a bad effect on a situation, a person’s life or the environment
- His death cast a blight on the whole of that year.
- urban blight (= areas in a city that are ugly or not cared for well)
- Her divorce was a great blight on her life.

Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting inflammation of the skin): of unknown origin.