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1 blight
1. noun 2. transitive verb1) (affect with blight)be blighted — von Brand befallen werden/sein
2) überschatten [Freude, Leben]; (frustrate) zunichte machen [Hoffnung]* * *(a disease in plants that withers them: potato blight.) der Mehltau* * *[blaɪt]I. vtto \blight sb's chances jds Chancen zunichtemachenII. n Pflanzenkrankheit f* * *[blaɪt]1. n1) (on plants) Braunfäule f2) (fig)to be a blight on or upon sb's life/happiness — jdm das Leben/jds Glück vergällen
this poverty which is a blight upon our nation — die Armut, mit der unser Volk geschlagen ist
2. vt1) plants zerstören* * *blight [blaıt]A s1. BOTa) Pflanzenkrankheit f, besonders (Trocken)Fäule f, Brand m, Mehltau mb) Schädling(sbefall) m2. besonders Br Blutlaus f3. figa) schädlicher oder verderblicher Einflussb) Fluch m:4. a) Verwahrlosung f (einer Wohngegend):area of blight → A 4 bb) verwahrloste WohngegendB v/t1. (durch Brand etc) vernichten, verderben, ruinieren (alle auch fig):blight sb’s life jemandem das Leben vergällen2. fig zunichtemachen, zerstören, vereiteln* * *1. noun 2. transitive verbbe blighted — von Brand befallen werden/sein
2) überschatten [Freude, Leben]; (frustrate) zunichte machen [Hoffnung]* * *v.vereiteln v.
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