blight

5 definitions • 3 examples

a disease that damages and kills plants

something that spoils or has a very bad effect on something, often for a long time:

His arrival cast a blight on the wedding day.

to spoil something:

A broken leg blighted her chances of winning the championship.

something that spoils or destroys or causes damage:

[ U ] The city stopped urban blight by rebuilding neighborhoods.

A blight is also any of various deadly diseases in plants.