1. causing something to become damaged, destroyed, or prevented from developing properly
Usage: present participle of ‘blight’

1. having a harmful or destructive effect

Examples

• The disease is blighting the entire crop of tomatoes.
• Urban decay is blighting many neighborhoods in the city.
• The scandal was blighting his political career.
• Poverty continues blighting the lives of many families.
• The blighting effects of pollution are visible everywhere.
• A blighting frost destroyed the orange groves overnight.