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Bane

Bane Meaning & Definition
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.

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