a plant disease, typically one caused by fungi such as mildews, rusts, and smuts

the vines suffered blight and disease

potato blight

a thing that spoils or damages something

the vacant properties are a blight on the neighbourhood

her remorse could be a blight on that happiness

have a severely detrimental effect on

the scandal blighted the careers of several leading politicians

the problems are most acutely felt in areas blighted by poverty

some people complain that wind farms blight the landscape

infect (plants) with blight

a peach tree blighted by leaf curl