as in extinct
no longer existing
the vanished tradition of the maypole as the center for May Day festivities
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as in disappeared
to cease to be visible
the house vanished into the fog as we drove away
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Recent Examples of vanished
Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 9 Mar. 2026
Several other wide receivers vanished off the market in the opening hours of free agency negotiations.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2026
The boundary between commercial cloud computing and military operations has largely vanished.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2026
The Boeing 777 plane vanished from radar shortly after taking off on March 8, 2014, carrying 239 people, mostly Chinese nationals, on a flight from Malaysia’s capital, Kuala Lumpur, to Beijing.
—ABC News, 8 Mar. 2026
Tourists have mostly vanished; there is no more jet fuel for the planes to take them home.
—Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 7 Mar. 2026
Two of her beloved horses vanished without a trace.
—Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
Within minutes the lead vanished and Lowry’s victory hopes slipped away as Nico Echavarría seized the opportunity and won the tournament.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026
Malenstyn said last year the Sabres tended to panic when protecting leads, but that has vanished.
—Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
Verb
Those photographs provided additional evidence confirming the survival of the species — an animal that scientists had believed vanished from the planet thousands of years ago.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 9 Mar. 2026
Several other wide receivers vanished off the market in the opening hours of free agency negotiations.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2026
The boundary between commercial cloud computing and military operations has largely vanished.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2026
The Boeing 777 plane vanished from radar shortly after taking off on March 8, 2014, carrying 239 people, mostly Chinese nationals, on a flight from Malaysia’s capital, Kuala Lumpur, to Beijing.
—ABC News, 8 Mar. 2026
Tourists have mostly vanished; there is no more jet fuel for the planes to take them home.
—Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 7 Mar. 2026
Two of her beloved horses vanished without a trace.
—Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
Within minutes the lead vanished and Lowry’s victory hopes slipped away as Nico Echavarría seized the opportunity and won the tournament.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026
Malenstyn said last year the Sabres tended to panic when protecting leads, but that has vanished.
—Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vanished
Adjective
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Two marsupial species in New Guinea, previously known only from fossil evidence and believed extinct for more than 7,000 years, have been confirmed alive.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
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That contribution helped scientists confirm a species believed extinct for more than 7,000 years was still alive.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Mumma, 44, is charged with tampering with a deceased human body and tampering with evidence in connection with the death of Gratton, a 34-year-old transgender woman from Denver who disappeared in April and was found dead in a Lakewood alley in June.—
The Denver Post,
Denver Post,
12 Mar. 2026
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But others in Paine — where 70 people were forcibly disappeared under the Pinochet dictatorship, more than in any other municipality in Chile — are less optimistic about the rise to power of a supporter of the regime.—
John Bartlett,
NPR,
11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Damaged or defunct spacecraft also pose a growing problem.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Mar. 2026
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The first one being Bruce Lee, who once had a martial arts studio in an unmarked building (which Joe found using a now-defunct History Channel app).—
Xuan Juliana Wang,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The legal battle faded to the background.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
11 Mar. 2026
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Synchronized blinking faded when the researchers sped up the Bach chorales to 120 beats per minute.—
Jesse Greenspan,
Scientific American,
11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Room by room, the author takes us through the house, now long gone.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2026
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Retaining Hall, 39, keeps one familiar face from Dart’s rookie year on the offensive side of the building for his second NFL season, with Brian Daboll, Mike Kafka and Shea Tierney all long gone.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
31 Jan. 2026
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Democrats are hoping to make the expired subsidies an issue in the midterms, after bipartisan talks to revive them faltered.—
Morgan Chalfant,
semafor.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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Charles had an expired certification necessary to drive a bus at the time of the accident, the family’s lawsuit states, which was known to Transdev.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Vanished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vanished. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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