Collocations for "blight"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "blight" in context.
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blight
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- a [tree, plant] blighted by [fungus, an infestation]
- the [tree] is blighted by [fungus]
- the [mistake, slipup, error] blighted the rest of his career
- families blighted by [unemployment, poverty]
- [unemployment] has blighted the [city, neighborhood] for [nearly a decade]
- the [city] has been blighted by [unemployment] for [nearly a decade]
- eliminate the [unemployment] that has been blighting the [city] (for)
- has further blighted (job opportunities)
- the [evil, malaise] blighting society
- a [city, neighborhood, generation] blighted by [unemployment]
- the [player, athlete] has been blighted by injury
- the [player's] career has been blighted by injury
- [potato] blight
- the [vines, potatoes] suffered blight
- the blight [hit, affected, destroyed] the crop
- the blight of [poverty, unemployment]
- is a blight on [society, humanity]
- was a blight on the [town]
- urban blight
- a visual blight