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abyss, deep hole or chasm
L'alpiniste est tombé dans un abime.
The mountaineer fell into an abyss.
ruin, downfall
Sa carrière a été précipitée dans l'abime.
His career was precipitated into ruin.
From Old French 'abisme', from Latin 'abyssus', from Greek 'ábyssos'.
Often used metaphorically to describe a state of despair or downfall.