blighting

Very little of the scandal that hung over the Asturian throne like a blighting cloud was hidden from him.

But my limited experience of the Mahajan of Champaran has made me revise the accepted opinion about his 'blighting influence.'

But he now spoke to one bereft of sense—of any feeling save that of choking, withering, blighting agony.

Helping all urchin blasts, remedying or preventing the blighting influence of evil spirits.

It sometimes happens that entire branches or arms have to be cut away on account of blighting.