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darkness
[ dahrk-nis ]
noun
- the state or quality of being dark:
The room was in total darkness.
- absence or deficiency of light:
the darkness of night.
- wickedness or evil:
Satan, the prince of darkness.
- obscurity; concealment:
The darkness of the metaphor destroyed its effectiveness.
- lack of knowledge or enlightenment:
heathen darkness.
- lack of sight; blindness.
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·岹n noun
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
Israel originally claimed troops opened fire because the convoy approached "suspiciously" in darkness without headlights or flashing lights.
Most of their most intimate moments, in fact, take place in utter darkness, in spaces where their soot-covered bodies nevertheless stand out from the grime and grit all around them.
"For all the darkness, and the bad things that have happened, it's still my favourite place in the whole world and it's somewhere I'd rather be than anywhere else," he says.
It is in complete darkness, with no street lights on and homes without power or running water.
After lurking on the promenade, a hooded man stepped on to the sand, repeatedly stabbed them and fled into the darkness, leaving the women to bleed to death.
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