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oblivion(dictionary)

oblivion (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin oblivio, from oblivisci 'to forget']
when something is completely forgotten or no longer important
sink/slip/pass etc into oblivion
::Wind power presents too many advantages to be allowed to sink into oblivion.
::The loser's name has been consigned to oblivion (=completely forgotten) .
the state of being unconscious or of not noticing what is happening
::the oblivion of sleep
::He had drunk himself into oblivion.