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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
blight    Audio Help   [blahyt] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.Plant Pathology.
a.the rapid and extensive discoloration, wilting, and death of plant tissues.
b.a disease so characterized.
2.any cause of impairment, destruction, ruin, or frustration: Extravagance was the blight of the family.
3.the state or result of being blighted or deteriorated; dilapidation; decay: urban blight.
–verb (used with object)
4.to cause to wither or decay; blast: Frost blighted the crops.
5.to destroy; ruin; frustrate: Illness blighted his hopes.
–verb (used without object)
6.to suffer blight.
[Origin: 1605–15; of uncert. orig.]

—Related forms
blight·ing·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 2. curse, plague, scourge, bane.
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Thesaurus Entries
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  blast
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To spoil or destroy.
Synonyms:  dash, nip
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia - Cite This Source

blight, general term for any sudden and severe plant disease or for the agent that causes it. The term is now applied chiefly to diseases caused by bacteria (e.g., bean blights and fire blight of fruit trees), viruses (e.g., soybean bud blight), fungi (e.g., chestnut blight), and protists (e.g., potato blight). Other plant afflictions (caused by insects or unfavorable climatic conditions) that display similar symptoms are also called blights. See diseases of plants.

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