blighting

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Verb

blighting

  1. present participle and gerund of blight

Noun

blighting (plural blightings)

  1. The act by which something is blighted.
    • 1897, Mark Twain, Following the Equator , New York: American Publishing Company:
      They showed signs of the blightings and blastings of time, in their outward aspect, but they were young within; young and cheerful, and ready to talk []

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