bane

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

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