instant oblivion (=used to say that something or someone is forgotten immediately ) His first album led to instant oblivion. adjectives political oblivion (=used to say that something is forgotten in politics ) The party attracted little support and collapsed into political oblivion. save somebody/something from oblivion The charity has saved many fine old buildings from oblivion. consign something/somebody to oblivion formal (=make something or someone be completely forgotten, or to become unimportant ) The achievements of these years should not be consigned to oblivion. The old machines eventually slid into oblivion.
sink/slip/slide into oblivion (=fade into oblivion ) It was once a popular game, but it has since sunk into oblivion. COLLOCATIONS verbs fade into oblivion (=gradually become forgotten or no longer important ) Many political figures just fade into oblivion. 2 UNCONSCIOUS the state of being unconscious or of not noticing what is happening the oblivion of sleep He had drunk himself into oblivion. The loser’s name has been consigned to oblivion (=completely forgotten ).
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English oblivion o‧bliv‧i‧on / əˈblɪviən / noun 1 FORGET when something is completely forgotten or no longer important sink/slip/pass etc into oblivion Wind power presents too many advantages to be allowed to sink into oblivion.
