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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The governor’s national ambitions are vanishing into smoke amid the failure of his redistricting efforts, mounting scandals among state agencies and an ever-climbing fiscal crisis for the state of Maryland.
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Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2026
Seven years after Disney was forced to give up the RSNs, those same networks are about to vanish from the cable dial.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Mar. 2026
By 2009, Nakamoto took Bitcoin from theory to reality, mining the Genesis Block, and then, once the rules were set, protections against counterfeits were secured, and Bitcoin began to circulate—still worth next to nothing—Nakamoto vanished.
—Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 17 Mar. 2026
In California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains, where snowfall was closer to average this winter, the heat wave will cause the remaining snowpack to rapidly vanish, perhaps completely, about five weeks earlier than normal.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 17 Mar. 2026
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Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2026
Seven years after Disney was forced to give up the RSNs, those same networks are about to vanish from the cable dial.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Mar. 2026
By 2009, Nakamoto took Bitcoin from theory to reality, mining the Genesis Block, and then, once the rules were set, protections against counterfeits were secured, and Bitcoin began to circulate—still worth next to nothing—Nakamoto vanished.
—Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 17 Mar. 2026
In California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains, where snowfall was closer to average this winter, the heat wave will cause the remaining snowpack to rapidly vanish, perhaps completely, about five weeks earlier than normal.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 17 Mar. 2026
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“Vanish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vanish. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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