Plant Pathology .

the rapid and extensive discoloration, wilting, and death of plant tissues.

a disease so characterized.

any cause of impairment, destruction, ruin, or frustration

Extravagance was the blight of the family.

the state or result of being blighted or deteriorated; dilapidation; decay

urban blight.

to cause to wither or decay; blast

Frost blighted the crops.

to destroy; ruin; frustrate

Illness blighted his hopes.

to suffer blight.

noun

blessing , boon , health , prosperity

verb

aid , bless , guard , help , prosper , protect

noun

affliction , bane , blot on the landscape , canker , contamination , corruption , curse , decay , dump , evil , eyesore , fungus , infestation , mildew , pest , pestilence , pollution , rot , scourge , sight , withering , woe

verb

annihilate , blast , crush , damage , dash , decay , disappoint , foul up * , frustrate , glitch up , injure , mar , mess up * , nip in the bud * , nullify , shrivel , spoil , taint , trash * , wither , wreck , nip , affliction , bane , cripple , destroy , disease , eyesore , fowart , frost , kill , plague , rot , ruin , rust , smut