Abyss

Definitions

1. Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean.
2. A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space.
3. Anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound.
4. Moral depravity; vast intellectual or moral depth.
5. An impending catastrophic happening.
6. The center of an escutcheon; fess point.
7. The abyssal zone.
8. A difference, especially a large difference, between groups.
   figuratively

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Examples

“'You cannot enter⟳ here,' said Gandalf, and the huge shadow halted. 'Go back to the abyss prepared for you! Go back! Fall⟳ into the nothingness that awaits you and your Master. Go!'”

“Below is the deep abyss of the Lauterbrunnen valley, and at its head a stately semi-circle of mountains, with the pyramidal Lauterbrunnen Breithorn as the centre-piece.”

“They fell into the abyss of drug addiction.”

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