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Bane Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Bane? [n] something causes misery or death; "the bane of my life" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Bane: curse \| nemesis \| scourge Related Terms \| Find terms related to Bane: abomination \| annihilation \| atrocity \| bad \| befoulment \| biological death \| blight \| blood \| bloodletting \| bloodshed \| braining \| cessation of life \| clinical death \| contagion \| corruption \| crossing the bar \| crying evil \| curtains \| damage \| dealing death \| death \| death knell \| deathblow \| debt of nature \| decease \| defilement \| demise \| departure \| despoliation \| destroyer \| destruction \| destruction of life \| detriment \| dispatch \| dissolution \| doom \| dying \| ebb of life \| end \| end of life \| ending \| eternal rest \| euthanasia \| evil \| execution \| exit \| expiration \| extermination \| extinction \| extinguishment \| fate \| final summons \| finger of death \| flow of blood \| going \| going off \| gore \| grave \| grievance \| hand of death \| harm \| havoc \| hurt \| ill \| immolation \| infection \| injury \| jaws of death \| kill \| killing \| knell \| lapidation \| last debt \| last muster \| last rest \| last roundup \| last sleep \| leaving life \| loss of life \| making an end \| martyrdom \| martyrization \| mercy killing \| mischief \| outrage \| parting \| passing \| passing away \| passing over \| perishing \| poison \| poisoning \| pollution \| quietus \| release \| rest \| reward \| ritual killing \| ritual murder \| ruin \| ruination \| sacrifice \| sentence of death \| shades of death \| shadow of death \| shooting \| slaughter \| slaying \| sleep \| somatic death \| stoning \| summons of death \| taking of life \| the worst \| toxin \| undoing \| venom \| vexation \| virus \| woe \| wrong See Also \| affliction Bane In Webster's Dictionary \Bane\ (b[=a]n), n. [OE. bane destruction, AS. bana murderer; akin to Icel. bani death, murderer, OHG. bana murder, bano murderer, Goth. banja stroke, wound, Gr. foney`s murderer, fo`nos murder, OIr. bath death, benim I strike. [root]31.] 1. That which destroys life, esp. poison of a deadly quality. [Obs. except in combination, as in ratsbane, henbane, etc.] 2. Destruction; death. [Obs.] The cup of deception spiced and tempered to their bane. --Milton. 3. Any cause of ruin, or lasting injury; harm; woe. Money, thou bane of bliss, and source of woe. --Herbert. 4. A disease in sheep, commonly termed the rot. Syn: Poison; ruin; destruction; injury; pest. \Bane\, v. t. To be the bane of; to ruin. [Obs.] --Fuller.

Bane Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bane?

[n] something causes misery or death; "the bane of my life"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bane: curse | nemesis | scourge

See Also | affliction

Bane In Webster's Dictionary

\Bane\ (b[=a]n), n. [OE. bane destruction, AS. bana
murderer; akin to Icel. bani death, murderer, OHG. bana
murder, bano murderer, Goth. banja stroke, wound, Gr. foney`s
murderer, fo`nos murder, OIr. bath death, benim I strike.
[root]31.]
1. That which destroys life, esp. poison of a deadly quality.
   [Obs. except in combination, as in ratsbane, henbane,
   etc.]

2. Destruction; death. [Obs.]

         The cup of deception spiced and tempered to their
         bane.                                 --Milton.

3. Any cause of ruin, or lasting injury; harm; woe.

         Money, thou bane of bliss, and source of woe.
                                               --Herbert.

4. A disease in sheep, commonly termed the rot.

Syn: Poison; ruin; destruction; injury; pest.


\Bane\, v. t.
To be the bane of; to ruin. [Obs.] --Fuller.

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