Meanings of blight by in English

The city has fought blight by preserving its historic downtown, building a sculpture-adorned bike path and fostering a farmer's market.

When we behold it our hopes rise, but they are doomed to early blight by a careful study of the situation.

At home Mr. Seddon, her step-father, played the part of a well-meaning blight by reason of the moods that arose from nervous dyspepsia.

You cannot escape the carriage of the pear blight by removing tame bees, because wild bees are abundant in all parts of the State.

The Detroit Free Press points to the mayor's aggressive plan to relight the city and his programme to fight blight by going after negligent landlords.

But the potentially lucrative industry has been blighted by years of violence.

But manufacturer Whirlpool's model checker website has been blighted by technical difficulties.

The fruit of Drake's splendid triumphs in America was blighted by it.

Hopper's private life was often blighted by tales of hard-drinking and drug-taking.

The former princess was blighted by an obsessive and intrusive paparazzi corps.

See to it that it is not blighted by your own wrong-doing!

The sector has been blighted by concerns over exposure to Europe's debt crisis.

This has at times however been blighted by mismanagement of funds and corruption.

Their lives, in many cases, are further blighted by poverty, war and terrorism.

They've got incredible sea views but they're blighted by the cables and pylons.

At the time the area was blighted by slums and crime.