Synonyms of the word

blight

• n. (phytopathology) any of many plant diseases causing damage to, or the death of, leaves, fruit or other…
• n. the bacterium, virus or fungus that causes such a condition.
• n. (by extension) anything that impedes growth or development or spoils any other aspect of life.
• v. (transitive) To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of.
• v. (intransitive) To suffer blight.
• v. (transitive) to spoil or ruin (something).

afflict

• v. (transitive) To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress.
• v. (obsolete) To strike or cast down; to overthrow.
• v. (obsolete) To make low or humble.

desolation

• n. The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
• n. The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess.
• n. A place or country wasted and forsaken.

devastation

• n. The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
• n. (law) Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or administrator; devastavit.

plague

• n. (often used with the, sometimes capitalized: the Plague) The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused…
• n. (pathology) An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease.
• n. A widespread affliction, calamity or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution.
• n. A grave nuisance, whatever greatly irritates.
• v. (transitive) To harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly.
• v. (transitive) To afflict with a disease or other calamity.

smite

• v. (archaic) To hit, to strike.
• v. To strike down or kill with godly force.
• v. To injure with divine power.
• v. To put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war.
• v. To afflict; to chasten; to punish.
• v. (figuratively, now only in passive) To strike with love or infatuation.