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(bān) 
n.
n.
- Fatal injury or ruin: "Hath some fond lover tic'd thee to thy bane?" (George Herbert).
- A cause of harm, ruin, or death: "Obedience,/Bane of all genius, virtue, freedom, truth,/Makes slaves of men" (Percy Bysshe Shelley).
- A source of persistent annoyance or exasperation: "The spellings of foreign names are often the bane of busy copy editors" (Norm Goldstein).
- A deadly poison.
[Middle English, destroyer, from Old English bana.]
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bane
noun
- The act of destroying or state of being destroyed: destruction, devastation, havoc, ruin, ruination, undoing, wrack, wreck, wreckage. See help/harm/harmless, leftover.
- Anything that is injurious, destructive, or fatal: canker, contagion, poison, toxin, venom, virus. See help/harm/harmless.
- Something that causes total loss or severe impairment, as of one's health, fortune, honor, or hopes: destroyer, destruction, downfall, ruin, ruination, undoing, wrecker. See help/harm/harmless.
- A cause of suffering or harm: affliction, curse, evil, ill, plague, scourge, woe. See help/harm/harmless.
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Definition: cause of misery
Antonyms: advantage, blessing, fortune, good luck
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categories related to 'bane'
- Intrigues, Plots, and Corruption - bane: curse; source of harm
- Fate - bane: source of ruin or destruction
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Bane may refer to:
- Places
- Bane, Iran, a city in Kurdistan Province
- Bane, Lebanon, a village in Bsharri District
- Bane, Nigeria, a village in Nigeria
- Bané Department, one of the 13 departments of the Boulgou Province of Burkina Faso
- Music
- Bane (band), a hardcore punk band formed in 1995
- Bane, a Joey Arkenstat album produced in 2004 by Mike Gordon
- Fictional characters and groups
- Bane (comics), an adversary of Batman
- Bane (Matrix character), a character in the Matrix film trilogy
- Bane (Forgotten Realms), a deity in the Forgotten Realms fictional universe
- Bane (Harry Potter), a centaur in the Harry Potter series
- Cad Bane, a bounty hunter in the Star Wars universe
- Darth Bane, a Sith Lord in the Star Wars universe
- Durin's Bane, a Balrog, a fictional being from the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien
- Bane the Druid, a Guardian in the Legacy of Kain franchise
- Bane (Sarah Jane Adventures), an alien race in The Sarah Jane Adventures
- Prince Bane, a cunning 10-year-old human prince from The Death Gate Cycle series, by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
- Bane (Pearlpelt), the enormous white rat leader intent on genocide in The Underland Chronicles.
- Other fictional uses
- "Bane" (Stargate SG-1), an episode of the television series Stargate SG-1
- Isildur's Bane, a term for the One Ring from the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien.
- Other uses
- Bane (plant), a poisonous plant, name from the original meaning.
- Bane ethnic group of Cameroon
See also
- Baneh, Iran
- Bain (disambiguation)
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Bane
Dansk (Danish)
n. - ruin, ulykke
Nederlands (Dutch)
(oorzaak van) ondergang, vergif, vergiftigen
Français (French)
n. - fléau, peste, poison
Deutsch (German)
n. - Tod , Ruin
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φαρμάκι, πηγή δεινών, συμφορά, κακό
Italiano (Italian)
sventura, veleno
Português (Portuguese)
n. - veneno (m), destruição (f)
Русский (Russian)
разрушение, гибель, бич Божий
Español (Spanish)
n. - perdición, ruina
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fördärv, undergång, förbannelse, ruin
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
克星, 祸根, 毁灭, 灾害, 死亡
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 剋星, 禍根, 毀滅, 災害, 死亡
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) مصيبه, مجلبه الشقاء او الخراب
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - קללה, הרס, ארס
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