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Bane   /beɪn/   Listen
noun
Bane  n.  
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."
3.
Any cause of ruin, or lasting injury; harm; woe. "Money, thou bane of bliss, and source of woe."
4.
A disease in sheep, commonly termed the rot.
Synonyms: Poison; ruin; destruction; injury; pest.


verb
Bane  v. t.  To be the bane of; to ruin. (Obs.)





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"Bane" Quotes from Famous Books



... so. Ambition is like to be Smellie's bane. He is jealous of sharing any credit with the Preventive crews, and is keeping them without information. On the other hand he delights in ordering about a military force; which, ...
— The Mayor of Troy • Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
... (4) Muchomor [fly-bane]. Amanita muscaria, or Agaricus muscarius (fly-agaric). This is the Siberian fungus, with remarkable ...
— Pan Tadeusz • Adam Mickiewicz
... parting look before we part, * Nerving my heart this severance to sustain: But, an this parting deal thee pain and bane, * Leave me to die of love and ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 2 • Richard F. Burton
... he; but he denied that the Church had any prescriptive rights at all: all her privileges and property being held on sufferance of the State, which could withdraw its toleration when it chose. Illustrious Italians, from Dante downwards, denounced the love of power and money of the Church as the bane of Italy. Had not Machiavelli said, "If Italy has fallen a prey not only to powerful barbarians but to whatsoever attack, we Italians are indebted for it to the Church and to nothing else"? Respect ...
— Cavour • Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
... the different men-of-war in company are sure to send boat-loads of visitors, or what are called "liberty men," on board one another's ships, to pass the afternoon of Sunday. This practice is the very bane of good discipline, and ought at all times to be discouraged in every way; for it almost inevitably leads to drunkenness, rioting, and bitter heart-burnings. It has, moreover, the effect of making the men discontented with their own ship and their own officers. The sailors are sufficiently sharp ...
— The Lieutenant and Commander - Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from - Fragments of Voyages and Travels • Basil Hall


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