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blight

/blaɪt/ /blaɪt/
  1. 1 (hayatı, geleceği) karartmak, (bir yeri, bir şeyi) mahvetmek

Definition (English)

To spoil or damage something badly, often over a long period of time.

Example Sentences

  1. Injuries blighted the last years of his football career.
    Sakatlıklar futbol kariyerinin son yıllarını kararttı.
  2. For decades the town has been blighted by unemployment.
    İşsizlik onlarca yıldır kasabayı mahvediyor.

Verb Forms Regular

Base blight
/blaɪt/
Past blighted
/blaɪtɪd/
Participle blighted
/blaɪtɪd/
Spelling rule

Add ‑edblight → blighted

Fiilin sonuna -ed eklenir.

Same rule: work → worked · want → wanted · help → helped

Pronunciation of -ed
/t/worked /d/played /ɪd/wanted

Fiil /t/ sesiyle bittiği için -ed ayrı bir hece olur ve /ɪd/ okunur. blighted /blaɪtɪd/

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Collocations

be blighted by somethingblight someone's lifeblight someone's careerblight the landscapea blighted area

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