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Anderson said he set up the debate on antisocial behaviour because it "destroys and ruins lives" and was blighting "every constituency throughout our great country".

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2025

I remember we were among the few roses of her small flower-beds at the time, and I was trying to show her what was blighting them all in the bud.

From Strong Hearts by Cable, George Washington

The heat at this time of day was blighting.

From African Camp Fires by White, Stewart Edward

It is hard for us at this date to realize the condition of England when that horrible Sirocco, as Robert Browning called it, the tax on corn, was blighting the land.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 by Various

The wind, too, was a constant worry, for though it was not very strong, when combined with the low temperature and rarefied air its effect was blighting.

From The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition by Turley, Charles