Collocations withblight
These are words often used in combination withblight.
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chestnut blight
Chinquapins ("castenea punita") grew abundantly in the surrounding prairie until the chestnut blight wiped them out.
From
Wikipedia
late blight
Farmers were prepared to accept some late blight in tubers if other characteristics were favourable.
From theCambridge English Corpus
leaf blight
Even if leaf blight strikes again, it is not likely to strike the maize crop year after year throughout the transitional period of six years.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
potato blight
It is therefore definitely not a new crop, but it had disappeared because of potato blight.
From theCambridge English Corpus
urban blight
Academics debated urban blight and the existence of a ' ' culture of poverty ' ' and powerlessness.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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