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blight

1 noun
     
blight1
1 [singular,uncountable]HBP an unhealthy condition of plants in which parts of them dry up and die
2 [singular] something that makes people unhappy or that spoils their lives or the environment they live in
blight on
Her guilty secret was a blight on her happiness.
the blight of poverty
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