OBLIVION


Meaning of OBLIVION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ əblɪviən ]

1.

Oblivion is the state of not being aware of what is happening around you, for example because you are asleep or unconscious.

He just drank himself into oblivion...

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2.

Oblivion is the state of having been forgotten or of no longer being considered important.

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

= obscurity

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3.

If you say that something is bombed or blasted into oblivion , you are emphasizing that it is completely destroyed.

An entire poor section of town was bombed into oblivion.

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