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abyss

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a·byss  (-bs)
n.
1. An immeasurably deep chasm, depth, or void: "lost in the vast abysses of space and time" Loren Eiseley.
2.
a. The primeval chaos out of which it was believed that the earth and sky were formed.
b. The abode of evil spirits; hell.
[Middle English abissus, from Late Latin abyssus, from Greek abussos, bottomless : a-, without; see a-1 + bussos, bottom.]
abyss
Noun
1. a very deep hole in the ground
2. a frightening or threatening situation: the abyss of revolution and war ahead [Greek abussos bottomless]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.abyssabyss - a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
abysm
chasm - a deep opening in the earth's surface
abyss
noun chasm, gulf, split, crack, gap, pit, opening, breach, hollow, void, gorge, crater, cavity, ravine, cleft, fissure, crevasse, bottomless depth, abysm
Translations
Spanish abyss [əˈbɪs] n → abismo
French abyss [əˈbɪs] n → abîme m, gouffre m
German abyss [əˈbɪs] n → Abgrund m
Italian abyss [əˈbɪs] n → abisso
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I can see her shining in the sky through the little window by my desk, and tonight she seems calling to me again as she has not called before since that long dead night, and I think I can see, across that awful abyss of space, a beautiful black-haired woman standing in the garden of a palace, and at her side is a little boy who puts his arm around her as she points into the sky toward the planet Earth, while at their feet is a huge and hideous creature with a heart of gold.
A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
She saw herself sink from the sublime height of motherhood to the somber depths of unmodified slavery, the abyss of separation between her and her boy was complete.
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And, so saying, he crept cautiously along and peered over into the abyss, while I remained wondering by what possible means we could overcome this apparently insuperable obstruction.
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