Meaning & use
Baneful
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Causing harm, ruin, or misery; destructive in effect.
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The senator warned of the baneful influence of unchecked corporate power.
Years of baneful neglect had left the old estate in ruins.
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Related to 'bane,' meaning something that causes great distress or ruin, as in 'the bane of my existence.'
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