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bane

Syllabification: (bane)

Pronunciation: /bān/

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Definition of bane

noun

[usually in singular]

a cause of great distress or annoyance:the bane of the decorator is the long, narrow hall the depressions that were the the bane of her existence
archaic something, typically poison, that causes death.