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Word: Bane
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Old English bana ‘thing causing death, poison’, of Germanic origin
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
beɪn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a cause of great distress or annoyance
Short Definition:cause of great distress or annoyance
Examples:- the telephone was the bane of my life
Definition:
something, especially poison, which causes death.
Short Definition:something which causes death
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