Blight and Failure

Blight

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

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

Nearby Words: blighted, blighter, blighting, blighty

Failure noun - The nonperformance of an assigned or expected action.

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Blight and failure are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Blight" instead a noun "Failure".

Nearby Words: fail, failing, failed

complete	complete blight	complete failure
single	single blight	single failure
real	real blight	real failure
massive	massive blight	massive failure
Other adjectives: horrible, potential, past, temporary, last.

Gustav Anderman I's first conquest, Kuanyin, was overjoyed to have him, because they were in the midst of a worldwide crop failure and he was rich enough from his merc days to hire a cadre of scientists to cure the blight that was causing it.

Source: Hegemonic Empire
If you're playing as Eden, the bacterial nightmare called the Blight encroaches on the map and starts destroying your base, consuming it entirely if you dawdle, resulting in an automatic mission failure.

Source: Instant-Win Condition

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Failure or Blight. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/blight/failure.

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