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- DictionaryDis·ap·pear/ˌdisəˈpir/
verb
- 1. cease to be visible: "he disappeared into the trees" Similar vanishpass from sightcease to be visiblevanish from sightrecede from viewbe lost to view/sightfadefade/melt awaywithdrawdepartretireretreatgopassebbwanedissipatebe dispelleddematerializeevaporateliterary:evanesceOpposite appearreappear
- ▪ cease to exist or be in use: "the tension had completely disappeared" Similar die outdiebecome extinctcease to be/existbe no morecome to an endendpass awaypass into oblivionexpireperishwither awaypeter outfizzle outleave no traceOpposite survivelive on
- ▪ be lost or go missing; become impossible to find: "my wallet seems to have disappeared" Similar get lostgo missingbe mislaidbe forgottenbe left behindbe stolenbe taken
- ▪ abduct or arrest and kill or detain (a person) for political reasons, without making their fate known: "it is estimated that some 7000 people have been disappeared by security forces"
Word Origin late Middle English: from dis- (expressing reversal) + appear, on the pattern of French disparaître.
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