blighting

verb

Definition of blightingnext
present participle of blight
as in impairing

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  1. impairing
  2. harming
  3. injuring
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  • All the windows at the front of the building have an invisible type of solar film that filters out 58 percent of the sun's heat energy without impairing the view.
    Heather Farmbrough, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Many studies have linked smoking to both short- and long-term effects on immunity, including impairing the body’s ability to fight viral and bacterial infections.
    Katia Hetter, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of impairing
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  • Curiously, the Maduro regime has shown little interest in imprisoning or physically harming Machado herself.
    Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2024
  • But Maryland leaders are on the cusp of reducing this climate-warming and health-harming pollution from our homes and buildings.
    Susan Miller, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of harming
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  • The anti-immigrant rhetoric has been so acute that an anti-immigration far-right extremist in Germany — ironically himself an immigrant — just attacked a holiday market, killing at least five and injuring hundreds.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Meanwhile, a car plowed through a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on Friday night, killing five people and injuring some 200 others.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of injuring
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