black hole
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Tweet n. 1. A massive star in the last phase of its evolution, in which the star collapses, creating a volume of spacetime with a gravitational field so intense that its escape velocity equals or exceeds that of light. 2. A great void; an abyss: The government created a bureaucratic black hole that swallows up individual initiative. |
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