Both Uses of
blight
in
Queen of Babble
- First there were the droughts, then a blight...anyone else would take this as a hint to move on, but not Jean-Luc's father.†
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- When the Crash came—in 1929—my grandfather lost nearly everything—including that year's crop, to a blight.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(blight) causing or consisting of extensive damage
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Blight can more specifically refer to numerous diseases that devastate plants.