bane
[beyn]
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noun
a person or thing that ruins or spoils: Gambling was the bane of his existence.
a deadly poison (often used in combination, as in the names of poisonous plants): wolfsbane; henbane.
death; destruction; ruin.
Obsolete. that which causes death or destroys life: entrapped and drowned beneath the watery bane.
Origin of bane
before 1000; Middle English; Old English bana slayer; cognate with Old Norse bani death, murderer, Old Frisian bona murder, Old Saxon bano murderer, Old High German bano slayer, bana death; akin to Old English benn, Gothic banja wound
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Related Words for banes
ruination, undoing, disaster, downfall, torment, affliction, nuisance, curse, ruin, poison, venom, woe, blight, plague, burden, trouble, destruction, scourge, trial, calamityExamples from the Web for banes
Contemporary Examples of banes
“What they are really doing is justifying their existence,” Banes said.
Shadman transferred millions to banks outside Afghanistan in 2013 to buy property to open a business in Dubai, according to Banes.
Historical Examples of banes
O'Rourke snorted disgustedly: "Lave it to Bhoynton to shpill the banes!"
TerryCharles Goff Thomson
Leucorrhea is one of the banes of the modern girl and woman.
WomanWilliam J. Robinson
The next minute the mate was face to face with Captain Banes.
Old GoldGeorge Manville Fenn
The mate did not stir till he had seen Captain Banes on board.
Old GoldGeorge Manville Fenn
I shall give way to the extent of asking Captain Banes to let him go with us.
Old GoldGeorge Manville Fenn
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Word Origin for bane
Old English bana; related to Old Norse bani death, Old High German bano destruction, death
bane
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