OBLIVION


Meaning of OBLIVION in English

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 ~...

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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 ~.

= obscurity

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3.

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

An entire poor section of town was bombed into ~.

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