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
Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Much reduced or vanished in many places.
—Robert Minhinnick, The Dial, 2 Oct. 2025
The Dash was a privateer schooner that vanished in 1815 and soon entered local legend as a ghost ship.
—Leanna Renee Hieber, Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025
The food and pastry lineup shifted to a drive-thru-only format from 2020-22 during the covid-19 pandemic, then sort of vanished altogether in 2023 and 2024.
—Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2025
When the Boston Red Sox walked them off Friday night, the Tigers’ margin of error had essentially vanished.
—Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
When Adkins flashed his lights on, Manchester kept running, grabbed the bag, dropped the bag, scaled a six-foot-fence and vanished into the weeds.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2025
Sanchez and Officer Matt Levasseur approached the emergency room entrance, conferred briefly with a security guard and then vanished through the door.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
In September 2019, Yolanda’s younger sister Paula Del Mundo vanished while en route to a 10-day solo vacation in Cozumel, Mexico.
—Veronica Fulton, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
Human remains found by a work crew in 2021 have been identified as a man who vanished after leaving his job at a sushi restaurant in Rochester, New York, fourteen years ago, according to authorities.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Much reduced or vanished in many places.
—Robert Minhinnick, The Dial, 2 Oct. 2025
The Dash was a privateer schooner that vanished in 1815 and soon entered local legend as a ghost ship.
—Leanna Renee Hieber, Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025
The food and pastry lineup shifted to a drive-thru-only format from 2020-22 during the covid-19 pandemic, then sort of vanished altogether in 2023 and 2024.
—Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2025
When the Boston Red Sox walked them off Friday night, the Tigers’ margin of error had essentially vanished.
—Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
When Adkins flashed his lights on, Manchester kept running, grabbed the bag, dropped the bag, scaled a six-foot-fence and vanished into the weeds.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2025
Sanchez and Officer Matt Levasseur approached the emergency room entrance, conferred briefly with a security guard and then vanished through the door.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
In September 2019, Yolanda’s younger sister Paula Del Mundo vanished while en route to a 10-day solo vacation in Cozumel, Mexico.
—Veronica Fulton, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vanished
Adjective
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Types Of Chocolate Cosmos Until relatively recently, chocolate cosmos was thought to be extinct in the wild and the only available plants were produced through cuttings and root (tuber) divisions.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
3 Oct. 2025
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In the Mendip Hills of southwestern England, a pine marten, considered locally extinct for over 100 years, was caught on a trail camera.—
Real-Time News team,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025
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Two employees from a Lowe’s in Richmond made the 90-minute drive early Monday to pick up Francine, who disappeared in September and recently was discovered at the company’s distribution center in Garysburg, North Carolina.—
John Raby,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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And, of course, while large-scale wars are gone, violence in other forms—criminal, state-sponsored, and political—has not disappeared.—
Tim Brinkhof,
JSTOR Daily,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The aviation themes of Air Afrique, which is named after the defunct Pan-African airline, are emphasized through Morse code on the outsole and a jacquard insole patterned after the seats on Air Afrique aircrafts.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
8 Oct. 2025
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The ability to remove a defunct rocket stage or satellite from orbit could also be used to target an adversary’s spacecraft.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The stock market is still rallying to record highs, the Fed is widely expected to cut rates at its meeting later this month, and the general consensus is that recession risks have all but faded.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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Not to worry though, say scientists at NASA, because another meteor shower happens in October well after the supermoon has faded.—
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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By reprogramming ordinary cells—like skin fibroblasts—into stem cells, scientists hope to create eggs and sperm from individuals long gone.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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So many firsts, gone, charred to ash, just remnants of an area that once represented Black prosperity and joy.—
Maya Richard-Craven,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Rocha shot Vasquez three times with an AR-15, including two misfires, during a traffic stop on July 19, 2022, after being pulled over for expired tags.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
3 Oct. 2025
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Towing companies must now accept credit cards and cannot tow due to an expired parking permit or registration, reported The Connecticut Mirror.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Vanished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vanished. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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