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bane
noun /beɪn/Definition
the bane of sth › a cause of continuous trouble or unhappiness: Keeping noise levels low is the bane of airport administration. That cat is the bane of my life!Difficult things and peoplePreventing and impeding
(Definition of bane noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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