consign to oblivion
Banish from memory
To consign to oblivion is to cause something to be forgotten or lost permanently.
The phrase suggests deliberate abandonment—relegating a memory, idea, or work to complete obscurity: The scandal consigned his early achievements to oblivion.
History consigns failed movements to oblivion; critics consign mediocre books there.
The construction emphasizes finality.
- whitewashingConcealing unpleasant facts
- amnesiaPathological loss of recall
- erasureAct of wiping away
- abandonmentAct of leaving permanently
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
swept under the rug · interment · dead and buried · revisionism · expunging · neglect · renunciation · throw away the key · suppression · obscuration · forsaking · cast aside · memory hole · damnatio memoriae · obsolescence · fall by the wayside · obliteration · burial
consign to oblivionimmortalize
Make lastingly famous
commemorate · preserve · enshrine · memorialize · perpetuate
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