Meaning of Abyss | Babel Free

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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