unblight
verbEtymology From un- + blight.
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To undo the blighting of; to cure or ameliorate.
- Despite their criticism I can't help feeling very pleased with this device for using planning permissions not to blight but to unblight areas.1976, Richard Howard Stafford Crossman, The Diaries of a Cabinet Minister: 1964-1966, page 404:
- […] the preservationist who sees the restoration of such cultural assets as a way to unblight and revitalize our decaying cities.1983, National Geographic, volume 164, page 279:
1 more example
- How to unblight the apple1992, Richard Foerster, Sudden Harbor: Poems, page 42: