Blight and Taint

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Blight

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

Usage example: the expanding urban sprawl is a blight on the countryside

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Taint is a synonym for blight in ruin topic. In some cases you can use "Taint" instead the word "Blight" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: blighted, blighter, blighting, blighty

Taint

Taint noun - A mark of guilt or disgrace.

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Blight is a synonym for taint in dirty topic. You can use "Blight" instead the word "Taint" as a verb or a noun, if it concerns topics such as contaminate.

Nearby Words: tainted, taintless, tainting, tain

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How words are described

human	human blight	human taint
pure	pure blight	pure taint
original	original blight	original taint
massive	massive blight	massive taint
Other adjectives: evil, magical.

Common collocations

life

blight life

taint life

Both words in one sentence

Instead, he spread the darkspawn taint to Urthemiel and turned him into the Archdemon, causing the very Blight he was trying to prevent. Oops!

Source: Evil Is Not a Toy
However, Wardens are vital to fighting a Blight, as they're immune to the darkspawn taint and are the only ones who can permanently kill an Archdemon and end the Blight.

Source: Super Soldier
There's also the Blight, a physical manifestation of the taint upon the land, which spreads whenever they come up to the surface.

Source: The Corruption

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