abyss

About 2.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. noun A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space.
3. noun Anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound.
4. noun Moral depravity; vast intellectual or moral depth.

   They fell into the abyss of drug addiction.

5. noun An impending catastrophic happening.
6. noun The center of an escutcheon; fess point.
7. noun The abyssal zone.
8. noun A difference, especially a large difference, between groups.

Similar words

abysm chasm gulf sinkhole cave cliff brink cesspool rand drain

Often followed by

of and between that which in into below is

Word family

abysses