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bane
/beɪn/
noun
A cause of misery or death.
"the bane of one's existence"
Similar: affliction, curse
Poison, especially any of several poisonous plants.
A killer, murderer, slayer.
Antonymsboon
verb
To kill, especially by poison; to be the poison of.
To be the bane of.
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