oblivion

🇺🇸 /əˈblɪviən/ 🇬🇧 /əˈblɪviən/
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noun
R

A state where you are not conscious or aware of your surroundings, like when you are asleep.

After the accident, he was in oblivion for several hours.

R

Being completely forgotten or no longer remembered, like something that was once famous but now is not.

The old traditions were sent into oblivion as the new generation took over.

R

Complete destruction to the point where nothing remains, like buildings being destroyed in a war.

The ancient city was reduced to oblivion by the volcanic eruption.

translation

n. A state where you are not conscious or aware of your surroundings, like when you are asleep.; Being completely forgotten or no longer remembered, like something that was once famous but now is not.; Complete destruction to the point where nothing remains, like buildings being destroyed in a war.

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Plural oblivions