#120 bane

bane- a person or thing that causes misery or distress; something that causes death or destruction; a fatal poison

-baneful (adj.)

- Old English bana related to Old Norse bani- death; Old High German bano- destruction

Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society. ~ Thomas Paine

The disease of mutual distrust among nations is the bane of modern civilization. ~ Franz Boas

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