blighting

verb

present participle of blight
as in impairing

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  1. impairing
  2. damaging
  3. harming
  4. ruining
  5. mutilating
  6. marring
  7. injuring
  8. vitiating
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  • Owen did not directly answer Heytens’s hypothetical question, instead insisting that the law at the center of the lawsuit was a violation of the contracts clause of the Constitution, which bars states from passing laws impairing public contracts.
    — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 28 Oct. 2026
  • This may affect the ability to focus on the environment, especially during movement and changes in direction, thereby impairing balance.
    — Kristen Gasnick, Verywell Health, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of impairing
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  • This includes significant flooding of coastal beaches, walkways and roads, and potentially damaging some structures.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Elon Musk hung on to power after badly damaging Tesla’s reputation during his stint in politics.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of damaging
Verb
  • Earlier this week, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country's military forces had experienced limits on Starshield without warning again, harming their ability to defend against Russia's ongoing aerial attacks.
    — Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Ra’am now wants to join the government Segalovitz acknowledged that his background was part of his appeal yet said his larger goal was to break down barriers harming Israeli society.
    — Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of harming
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  • Someone else even complained about the self-clean feature ruining their appliance.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Most hunters probably would have taken a shot at the five-pointer, ruining their chances for the record-class bull.
    — Rich LaRocco, Outdoor Life, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of ruining
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  • The encounter with Shurpanakha is more elaborate in this retelling, and Lakshmana does not witness the initial exchange between Rama and Shurpanakha before mutilating her ears, nose, and breasts.
    — Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • East Village resident Daniel Rakowitz was charged with killing and mutilating a female acquaintance in 1989, then trying to get rid of the evidence by making soup out of her remains and serving it in Tompkins Square Park.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of mutilating
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  • The Trib is withholding Nick’s full name to avoid marring his reputation in the eyes of future employers or others who might run a search on him.
    — Kate Payne, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The latter track takes overt inspiration from Sofia Coppola’s 2006 film Marie Antoinette, as Jepsen beckons her love to engage in life’s vices with her, like marring bedsheets with fruit stains and dashing nude through the garden.
    — Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of marring
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  • In Paris, rioters targeted police with Molotov cocktails at the end of Saturday’s march on the city’s eastern edge, injuring three officers and setting a car ablaze, police said.
    — Angela Charlton, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Several days later, a commuter train near Barcelona derailed, killing the driver and injuring dozens of other people.
    — Hernan Muñoz, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of injuring
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  • In the three years since, the Court has delivered even more wins for the movement—rulings undercutting the rights of trans people and immigrants, vitiating the Voting Rights Act, and expanding Presidential power.
    — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of vitiating
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“Blighting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blighting. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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