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What is the noun for abysms?

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abyss
  1. (frequently figuratively) A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
  2. Anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
  3. Moral depravity; vast intellectual or moral depth.
  4. An impending catastrophic happening.
  5. (heraldry) The center of an escutcheon.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “And perhaps that new glow about the city is the lost sense of pride emerging from the deep abyss it fell into.”
      “I am astonished that I've been able to throw a bridge over the abyss that separates us.”
      “It was not until the ninth sun was swallowed that there was a crack, and there was a light shining through the abyss to illuminate the sky.”
abyssolith
  1. (geology) A mass of igneous rock deep in the crust with no known bottom; a large batholith.
abysm
  1. (literary) An abyss; a gulf, a chasm, a very deep hole. [First attested in the late 15th century.]
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Crystal reached her shaking hand and took it as if it was her last salvation before she falls in the abysm.”
      “The flooring of these colossal garrets has crevices in it through which one can look down into the abysm, the church, below.”
      “The viewing platform is located 3200 meters above sea-level and projects 9 meters over the abysm.”
abyssus
  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of abyss
abyssoliths
  1. plural of abyssolith
abysms
  1. plural of abysm
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Yet at the same time, the inverse can be true, and the transitions within repetitions can be abysms, destroying what should seemingly be stable.”
abysses
  1. plural of abyss
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The voice of the sea is seductive, never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander n abysses of solitude.”
      “Surely this pensive fairytale of metaphysical obsession reaches the deepest abysses of ecstasy and darkness.”
      “No bits of light or matter can climb out of these deep gravitational abysses.”
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