Blight and Desecration

Blight

Blight noun - Something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing.

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Desecration and blight are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Desecration" instead a noun "Blight".

Nearby Words: blighted, blighter, blighting, blighty

Desecration noun - An act of great disrespect shown to God or to sacred ideas, people, or things.

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Blight and desecration are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Blight" instead a noun "Desecration".

proper	proper blight	proper desecration
potential	potential blight	potential desecration

Death Knights can summon temporary Blight with "Desecration" which includes evil grabbing skeleton hands.

Source: Enemy to All Living Things
In Dragon Age: Origins, if you end the Blight, all of Fereldan hails you as a hero regardless of how much theft, murder, smuggling, desecration, betrayal, and dealing with demons you did along the way.

Source: Arson, Murder, and Lifesaving

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