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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
bane
    n 1: something causing misery or death; "the bane of my life"
         [syn: bane, curse, scourge, nemesis]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bane \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.]
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   2. Destruction; death. [Obs.]
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            The cup of deception spiced and tempered to their
            bane.                                 --Milton.
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   3. Any cause of ruin, or lasting injury; harm; woe.
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            Money, thou bane of bliss, and source of woe.
                                                  --Herbert.
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   4. A disease in sheep, commonly termed the rot.
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   Syn: Poison; ruin; destruction; injury; pest.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bane \Bane\, v. t.
   To be the bane of; to ruin. [Obs.] --Fuller.
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4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
BANE. This word was formerly used to signify a malefactor. Bract. 1. 2, t. 
8, c. 1. 



Thesaurus Results for Bane:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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