as in to vanish
to cease to be visible
the stranger disappeared into the mists, never to be seen again
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Recent Examples of disappear
In the Rell administration, two critical emails disappeared after a request by The Courant’s Jon Lender had been reviewed by the governor’s legal counsel but before the documents handed over to the paper’s prize-winning investigative reporter.
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Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2026
In space, that force disappears.
—Rachael Seidler, Space.com, 7 Mar. 2026
That cushion, though, is quickly disappearing.
—Allie Canal, NBC news, 7 Mar. 2026
Improving Soil Drainage Over Time Poorly draining soil is not going to disappear overnight.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
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Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2026
In space, that force disappears.
—Rachael Seidler, Space.com, 7 Mar. 2026
That cushion, though, is quickly disappearing.
—Allie Canal, NBC news, 7 Mar. 2026
Improving Soil Drainage Over Time Poorly draining soil is not going to disappear overnight.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disappear
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Tourists have mostly vanished; there is no more jet fuel for the planes to take them home.—
Patrick Oppmann,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
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Two of her beloved horses vanished without a trace.—
Carmela Karcher,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Three days later, Litmus Test faded to third place in his first start of the year, the Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park in Arkansas.—
Jay Posner,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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What sympathy there may have been for a cornered, bruised Iranian regime among its neighbors has faded in the face of Tehran’s escalation.—
Ishaan Tharoor,
New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Disappear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disappear. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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