verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be relegated/consigned to obscurity (= to be put in the position of being forgotten after being well-known )
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Inevitably, many good players are relegated to obscurity.
consign sth to the dustbin of history (= to forget about something that existed in the past – used especially when saying that you will feel glad when people have got rid of something )
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One day nuclear weapons will be consigned to the dustbin of history.
consign sth/sb to oblivion formal (= make something or someone be completely forgotten, or to become unimportant )
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The achievements of these years should not be consigned to oblivion.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
oblivion
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Their works have disappeared as a result, and there are many more interesting things that have been consigned to oblivion .
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This city forgets the good with the bad; all are consigned to the same oblivion .
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If the achievements of the Thatcher years were not to be consigned to oblivion , then a tactical retreat was necessary.
rubbish
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Logic insists that Sebastian should have set a match to this vile document and consigned it to the rubbish bin.
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The contents were immediately consigned to the rubbish tip and the girl forcibly removed in the direction of the bath huts.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A lone clerk sifts through, consigning some to the incinerator and some to a filed.
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After that they were consigned to a tackling chore of grinding intensity.
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Edgar put out the ageing Donald's eyes and consigned him to prison.
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Giles Aplin examined it with some interest before consigning it to a buttoned pocket without comment.
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Linzey rather lamely consigns this to the problem of evil.
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They have been consigned to waiting lists.
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Those naive souls who have longed for a simpler and better way have had to consign their visions to pointless daydreams.