n. 25B6; noun
potato blight : DISEASE, canker, infestation, fungus, mildew, mould.
the blight of aircraft noise : AFFLICTION, scourge, bane, curse, plague, menace, misfortune, woe, trouble, ordeal, trial, nuisance, pest.
blessing.
25B6; verb
a tree blighted by leaf curl : INFECT, mildew; kill, destroy.
scandal blighted the careers of several politicians : RUIN, wreck, spoil, mar, frustrate, disrupt, undo, end, scotch, destroy, shatter, devastate, demolish; informal mess up, foul up, put paid to, put the kibosh on, stymie; Brit. informal scupper; archaic bring to naught.