bane

  • 11bane — O.E. bana killer, slayer, murderer; the devil, from P.Gmc. *banon, cognate with *banja wound (Cf. O.Fris. bona murderer, O.N. bani, O.H.G. bana murder, O.E. benn wound, Goth. banja stroke, wound ), from PIE root …

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  • 12bane — *poison, venom, virus, toxin …

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  • 13bane — [n] cause of misery affliction, bête noir, blight, burden, calamity, curse, despair, destruction, disaster, downfall, fatal attraction, misery, nuisance, pest, plague, poison, ruin, ruination, scourge, torment, trial, trouble, undoing, venom,… …

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  • 14bane — ► NOUN ▪ a cause of great distress or annoyance. ORIGIN Old English, «thing causing death, poison» …

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  • 15bane — [bān] n. [ME < OE bana < IE base * bhen , to strike, wound > Avestan banta , sick, weak, Goth banja, wound, blow] 1. Old Poet. deadly harm; ruin; death 2. the cause of distress, death, or ruin 3. deadly poison: now obsolete except in… …

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  • 16Bane — Original meaning * Bane (plant)In fiction * Bane (comics), an adversary of Batman * Bane (Matrix character), a character in the Matrix film trilogy * Bane (god), a deity in the Forgotten Realms fictional universe * Bane (Harry Potter), a centaur… …

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  • 17Bane — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Bane », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Bane est un personnage des romans racontant les… …

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  • 18Bané — Infobox Settlement official name = Bané native name = nickname = settlement type = motto = imagesize = 300px image caption = flag size = image seal size = image shield = shield size = image blank emblem = blank emblem type = blank emblem size =… …

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  • 19Bane — In the words of Warren Buffet, Bill Bane Sr., is, a great American and one of the last real traders around. I like to call him Salvo. His wife, Carol, is a huge NASCAR fan, and in her own words delights in pulling the legs off central bankers.… …

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  • 20Bane — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Bane >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 bane bane curse Sgm: N 1 evil evil &c. 619 Sgm: N 1 hurtfulness hurtfulness &c.(badness) 649 Sgm: N 1 painfulness painfulness &c.(cause of pain) 830 …

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