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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
baleful/ˈbeɪlfl/

▶adjective menacing.

■ having a harmful effect.

– derivatives
balefully adverb,
balefulness noun.

– origin OE bealufull (see bale2, -ful).

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