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oblivion

/əˈblɪvɪən/ · noun

Meaning

  1. The state of forgetting completely, of being oblivious, unconscious, unaware, as when sleeping, drunk, or dead.
  2. The state of being completely forgotten, of being reduced to a state of non-existence, extinction, or nothingness, incl. through war and destruction. (Figuratively) for an area like hell, a wasteland.
  3. Amnesty.
  4. To consign to oblivion; to efface utterly.

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Sources

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