Definition of "oblivion" in English

noun

1. The state of forgetting completely, of being oblivious, unconscious, unaware, as when sleeping, drunk, or dead.

   • He regularly drank himself into oblivion.
   • Only the oblivion of sleep can heal the greatest traumas.

2. The state of being completely forgotten, of being reduced to a state of non-existence, extinction, or nothingness, including through war and destruction. (Figuratively) for an area like hell, a wasteland.

   • Due to modern technology, many more people and much more information will not slip into oblivion, contrary to what happened throughout history until now.
   • They tried to bomb them into oblivion.
   • I will cast them into oblivion!

3. A form of purgatory.

4. (obsolete) Amnesty.

verb

1. (transitive) To consign to oblivion; to efface utterly.