blight

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I - noun

1. a state or condition being blighted (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
devastation, desolation
2. any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting
• Hypernyms:
plant disease
• Hyponyms:
alder blight, apple blight, apple canker, beet blight, blister blight,
cane blight, chestnut blight, chestnut canker, chestnut-bark disease, coffee blight, collar blight,
halo blight, halo spot, bean blight, head blight, late blight, leaf blight,
peach blight, potato blight, potato mold, potato disease, potato mildew, potato murrain,
rim blight, spinach blight, spur blight, stem blight, stripe blight, thread blight,
tomato blight, tomato yellows, twig blight, walnut blight

II - verb

cause to suffer a blight (Freq. 1)
- Too much rain may blight the garden with mold
• Syn:
plague
• Derivationally related forms:
plague (for: plague)
• Hypernyms:
afflict, smite
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something