Synonyms for black hole

Grammar : Noun

Définition of black hole

Origin : in astrophysics, 1968, probably with awareness of Black Hole of Calcutta, incident of June 19, 1756, in which 146 British POWs taken by the Nawab of Bengal after the capture of Ft. William, Calcutta, were held overnight in punishment cell of the barracks (meant to hold 4 people) and all but 23 perished.

noun abyss

Example sentences :

I was suffering all by myself at the bottom of a black hole.
Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola

And at the top of the slope I saw a black hole, and got off my pony to look in.
Extract from : « The Heart of Thunder Mountain » by Edfrid A. Bingham

So down we goes into a black hole that yawns in the middle of a muddy field.
Extract from : « Torchy As A Pa » by Sewell Ford

"It will be the 'Black Hole of Calcutta' downstairs," she remarked.
Extract from : « The Jolliest School of All » by Angela Brazil

Roddy raced to the sound and saw in the wall a gaping, black hole.
Extract from : « The White Mice » by Richard Harding Davis

I've a mind to give him a taste of me fist for luck when we get out of this black hole!
Extract from : « The Copper Princess » by Kirk Munroe

Because you were afraid to go into that black hole in the dark.
Extract from : « Cormorant Crag » by George Manville Fenn

No fear of their pulling,” thought Mark, “if they feel as I do in this black hole!
Extract from : « Mother Carey's Chicken » by George Manville Fenn

This was also crowded, but it was not the “Black Hole” of the vessel.
Extract from : « Black Ivory » by R.M. Ballantyne

Are we persons to enjoy a repetition of the Black Hole of Calcutta?
Extract from : « Rattlin the Reefer » by Edward Howard

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