as in abyss
an immeasurable depth or space
a recurrent dream in which he would fall helplessly into a dark and silent abysm
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Noun
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The Stoic philosophers, fixated on the impassive, idealized masculine, wrote often of death, attempting to acknowledge its inevitability while staring untroubled into its abyss.—
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Khamenei is on the edge of the abyss.—
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Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous surf and NEVER turn your back on the ocean.—
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The iceberg sat in the shallow water of the Weddell Sea in the Southern Ocean for more than 30 years before breaking free in 2020 and into an ocean whirlpool for several months.—
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“Abysm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abysm. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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