BLIGHT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of blight in English

(Definition of blight from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of blight from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of blight

blight
I don't want to sensationalize the blight and the ruins.
Looking at the blight, the shrunken population and the diminished public services, the picture looked grim.
Our current fashion landscape is blighted by creepy no-iron shirts that are infused with formaldehyde.
Oh, and let's not forget to add rats and roaches to the list of grotesque environmental hazards blighting schools throughout the city.
That approach would get rid of the blight, certainly.
From NOLA.com
Nationwide, blighted high-rise towers were demolished, and vouchers were used to transfer much of the burden of sheltering the poor to the private market.
That's why this newspaper believes the city's leadership must tackle the blight problem with a heightened sense of urgency.
The presence of just one or two of these factors doesn't mean a neighborhood is blighted.
And he notes that the pace of activity needs to increase, he said, to stem the blight and population exodus.
A mailman assigned to the neighborhood, he looks forward to watching the development company replace pockets of blight with new homes.
From NOLA.com
What's more, the post of home secretary has a reputation for blighting political careers.
Residents say it's a blight on the neighborhood.
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Collocations with blight

blight

These are words often used in combination with blight.

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chestnut blight
Chinquapins ("castenea punita") grew abundantly in the surrounding prairie until the chestnut blight wiped them out.
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late blight
Farmers were prepared to accept some late blight in tubers if other characteristics were favourable.
leaf blight
Even if leaf blight strikes again, it is not likely to strike the maize crop year after year throughout the transitional period of six years.
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Translations of blight

in Chinese (Traditional)
(植物的)枯萎病,疫病, 破壞因素, 陰影…
in Chinese (Simplified)
(植物的)枯萎病,疫病, 破坏因素, 阴影…
in Spanish
añublo, plaga, arruinar…
in Portuguese
ferrugem, praga, arruinar…
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uzun süre kötü etkisi olmak, kabus gibi çöken etki, kıran…
rouille…
plantenziekte…
plíseň, sněť…
-syge, -pest…
penyakit tumbuhan…
โรคพืช…
bệnh tàn rụi cây…
przekleństwo, nieszczęście, rdza zbożowa…
mjöldagg…
hawar…
der Mehltau…
plantesykdom, –råte, meldogg…
скручування…
то, что портит жизнь, рушит планы…
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