Oblivion - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |əˈblɪvɪən|  American pronunciation of the word oblivion
Brit.  |əˈblɪvɪən|  British pronunciation of the word oblivion

noun

- the state of being disregarded or forgotten (syn: limbo)
- total forgetfulness (syn: obliviousness)
he sought the great oblivion of sleep

Extra examples

The technology is destined for oblivion.

The names of the people who lived here long ago have faded into oblivion.

His theories have faded into scientific oblivion.

Her work was rescued from oblivion when it was rediscovered in the early 1900s.

After being awake for three days straight, he longed for the oblivion of sleep.

She drank herself into oblivion.

The little village was bulldozed into oblivion to make way for the airport.

It seems that the so-called new theory is likely to sink into oblivion.

He sought oblivion in a bottle of whisky.

Act / Bill of Oblivion

Hundreds of homes were bombed into oblivion during the first weeks of the war.

Wind power presents too many advantages to be allowed to sink into oblivion.

The loser's name has been consigned to oblivion (=completely forgotten).

He had drunk himself into oblivion.

Act /Bill/ of Oblivion

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