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blight

/blaɪt/noun

उच्चारण ब्लाइट

झुलसा रोग, अंगमारी (पौधों का रोग)

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noun
  1. 1

    [U/C]

    a disease that makes plants dry up and die

    झुलसा रोग, अंगमारी (पौधों का रोग)

    • Potato blight destroyed the whole crop.
    • Farmers sprayed the fields to protect them from blight.
  2. 2

    [C, usually singular] ~ (on sb/sth)

    something that has a bad effect on a situation, a person's life or the environment

    अभिशाप, कलंक, बर्बादी का कारण

    • Unemployment is a blight on our society.
    • The new flyover is a blight on the old city's skyline.

    Synonyms curse plague scourge bane affliction

    Opposite blessing boon

  3. 3

    [U]

    an ugly and neglected state of part of a town or city

    (शहरी इलाके की) बदहाली, उजाड़पन

    • The plan aims to fight urban blight in the old market area.

    Synonyms decay dilapidation

verb
  1. 1

    [T]

    to spoil or damage something, especially by causing a lot of problems

    बर्बाद करना, नष्ट करना, बिगाड़ देना

    • An injury blighted the last years of his career.
    • The area has been blighted by pollution.

    Synonyms ruin wreck spoil mar damage

    Opposite improve enhance

◇Word family
blighted adjective
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

curse plague scourge bane affliction decay dilapidation ruin wreck spoil mar damage

Antonyms

blessing boon improve enhance

§Grammar and usage

Usage: A blight on something is a common phrase in reading passages, as in 'a blight on the landscape'.

Usage में reading passages में a blight on something एक आम phrase है, जैसे 'a blight on the landscape'।

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General knowledge

Late blight of potato caused the Great Famine in Ireland in the 1840s.

आलू के late blight रोग के कारण 1840 के दशक में Ireland में भीषण अकाल पड़ा था।