Both Uses
oblivion
in
Oryx and Crake
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- And the temporary oblivion of sex.†
p. 11.1oblivion = a state of being completely gone from memory, existence, or awareness
- That had been the milder form: the single man at the window, drinking himself into oblivion to the mournful strains of the tango.†
p. 166.1 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(oblivion) state of complete loss—being totally forgotten, wiped out, or lost to awareness of what is going on
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)