as in faded
to cease to be visible
the stranger disappeared into the mists, never to be seen again
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Recent Examples of disappeared
Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Climate action plans from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard have quietly disappeared from public websites in recent months.
—Ames Alexander, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
In many cases, those who have been arrested are, in essence, disappeared into the federal penal system.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
The action doesn’t stop after dark Charlotte used to be home to multiple drive-in movie theaters, including the Queen Drive-In and Viking and numerous movie spots that have since disappeared.
—Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2025
Then, in 2008, the four of them disappeared.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Last week, it was announced that a Pablo Picasso painting had disappeared on its way to an new exhibition in France.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2025
Her eldest with Mark Birley, Rupert, disappeared off the coast of Togo in 1986.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 20 Oct. 2025
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
Adjective
Although the museum’s alarm system activated the moment the window was breached and police responded within three minutes, the thieves disappeared before authorities arrived.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Climate action plans from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard have quietly disappeared from public websites in recent months.
—Ames Alexander, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
In many cases, those who have been arrested are, in essence, disappeared into the federal penal system.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
The action doesn’t stop after dark Charlotte used to be home to multiple drive-in movie theaters, including the Queen Drive-In and Viking and numerous movie spots that have since disappeared.
—Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2025
Then, in 2008, the four of them disappeared.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Last week, it was announced that a Pablo Picasso painting had disappeared on its way to an new exhibition in France.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2025
Her eldest with Mark Birley, Rupert, disappeared off the coast of Togo in 1986.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 20 Oct. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disappeared
Verb
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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
Adjective
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Heat decreases the amount of dissolved oxygen in water.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
22 Sep. 2025
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This was when Earth’s oceans witnessed an oceanic anoxic event, where vast areas became severely depleted of dissolved oxygen.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Aug. 2025
Verb
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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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“Disappeared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disappeared. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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