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Synonyms
bane (bān)

[Middle English, destroyer, from Old English bana.]

noun 

  1. Fatal injury or ruin: “Hath some fond lover tic'd thee to thy bane?” (George Herbert)
    1. A cause of harm, ruin, or death: “Obedience,/Bane of all genius, virtue, freedom, truth,/Makes slaves of men” (Percy Bysshe Shelley)
    2. A source of persistent annoyance or exasperation: “The spellings of foreign names are often the bane of busy copy editors” (Norm Goldstein)
  3. A deadly poison.