vanished; vanishing; vanishes
1
a
: to pass quickly from sight : disappear
b
: to pass completely from existence
2
: to assume the value zero
: to cause to disappear
vanisher
noun
Examples of vanish in a Sentence
The missing girl vanished without a trace a year ago.
The papers seem to have vanished into thin air.
Dinosaurs vanished from the face of the earth millions of years ago.
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LaBarge frequently interrupts the telling to braid her narrative so tautly with those of others that their language blurs together, quotation marks vanishing, lines of demarcation eroding.
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Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
The tragedy has also caused her own power — the ability to harvest luck from a mysterious dimension known as the Otherside — to vanish.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026
In a region synonymous with Albariño, Terras Gauda is making the case that the future of Rías Baixas may be shaped by a grape that almost vanished.
—Emily Price, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Concerns of a serial killer first emerged in late 2010 after the disappearance of Shannan Gilbert, a 23-year-old woman who placed panicked 911 calls from the Oak Beach community before vanishing into the surrounding marsh.
—Michael Ruiz , Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026
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Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
The tragedy has also caused her own power — the ability to harvest luck from a mysterious dimension known as the Otherside — to vanish.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026
In a region synonymous with Albariño, Terras Gauda is making the case that the future of Rías Baixas may be shaped by a grape that almost vanished.
—Emily Price, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Concerns of a serial killer first emerged in late 2010 after the disappearance of Shannan Gilbert, a 23-year-old woman who placed panicked 911 calls from the Oak Beach community before vanishing into the surrounding marsh.
—Michael Ruiz , Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026
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“Vanish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vanish. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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