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abyss
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Night, by Elie Wiesel
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- We were still trembling, and with every screech of the wheels, we felt the abyss opening beneath us.†
p. 25.4abyss = a hole or dropoff so deep the bottom cannot be seen -- often used figuratively to imply a frightening bottomless pit
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(abyss) a hole or dropoff so deep the bottom cannot be seen -- often used figuratively to imply a frightening bottomless pit
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)