"blightscape" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: blightscapes [plural]
Etymology: From blight + -scape. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|blight|scape}} blight + -scape Head templates: {{en-noun}} blightscape (plural blightscapes)
  1. A vulgar, decaying, or ruined place.

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2008, Robert N. Chan, Zahirah Abdulah, Bad Memory, page 57:",
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