MEANING
Causing serious harm or having a destructive influence.
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- baneful influence
- baneful effects
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The novel traces the baneful influence of inherited hatred.
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- baneful
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Primary category: horror / gothic. Forms: Comparative more baneful; superlative most baneful when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: atmosphere, description. Commonness: uncommon.
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