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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
abyss /əˈbɪs/
▶noun
- 1 a very deep chasm.
- 2 (the abyss) a catastrophic situation seen as likely to occur.
– origin ME: via late L. from Gk abussos ‘bottomless’, from a- ‘without’ + bussos ‘depth’.
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