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oblivion

 
 
/əˈblɪviən/ noun [U]

Definition

NOT REMEMBERED when someone or something is not remembered: to disappear into oblivion
NOT AWARE when you are not aware of what is happening around you: He drank himself into oblivion.
(Definition of oblivion noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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