bane
- Noun. A cause of misery or death; an affliction or curse.
- Noun. (obsolete) A killer, murderer, slayer.
- Noun. (dated) Poison, especially any of several poisonous plants.
- Verb. (transitive) To kill, especially by poison; to be the poison of.
- Verb. (transitive) To be the bane of.
- Noun. (chiefly, Scotland) A bone.
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