as in disappeared
to cease to be visible
the image suddenly dematerialized, and once again we were staring at a blank screen
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To the thousands of Syrians who lost loved ones, or were tortured, imprisoned or displaced by the Assad regime, their homeland had become a crime scene from which the top suspects disappeared en masse.—
Danny Makki,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025 -
Weary from the public fixation on his body, which threatened to overshadow the music itself, D’Angelo disappeared into years of grief and addiction, popping up for the occasional feature, though remaining very much in the bunker.—
Marcus J. Moore,
Pitchfork,
15 Oct. 2025
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The charges against him Vedam was charged and convicted for the murder of Tom Kinser, a 19-year-old who had vanished in State College in late 1980.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
15 Oct. 2025
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The teen had vanished from her bedroom moments earlier.—
Faith Karimi,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
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Still, the Epstein saga might have gradually faded from the national consciousness, even in spite of the widespread, unfounded belief that his 2019 suicide in a jail cell while awaiting trial was in fact a murder carried out to prevent him from implicating associates in his crimes.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
16 Oct. 2025
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Instantly, her apartment faded away, to be replaced by a dark void.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Dematerialized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dematerialized. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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