as in to disappear
to cease to be visible
the house vanished into the fog as we drove away
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Recent Examples of vanish
The German suspect, Christian Brueckner, lived in the Algarve at the time when McCann vanished, and is due to be released from prison in Germany this month.
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Reuters 22 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
As a teenager, Hernandez worked at a convenience store in Etan's neighborhood when the boy vanished.
—Adeola Adeosun
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Already, many have vanished, including every glacier in Venezuela and Slovenia, along with their microbial inhabitants.
—Katherine Bourzac, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
The investigation has been hampered by peculiar challenges, though, perhaps none greater than the fact that the entire city in which the crime occurred has vanished.
—Denver Nicks, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025
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Reuters 22 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
As a teenager, Hernandez worked at a convenience store in Etan's neighborhood when the boy vanished.
—Adeola Adeosun
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Already, many have vanished, including every glacier in Venezuela and Slovenia, along with their microbial inhabitants.
—Katherine Bourzac, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
The investigation has been hampered by peculiar challenges, though, perhaps none greater than the fact that the entire city in which the crime occurred has vanished.
—Denver Nicks, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vanish
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But before long his hearing begins to disappear, leading him down a panicked trail of denial, anger and desperation.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Normally that motion disappears without a trace, but a growing field of research aims to capture it and turn it into electricity for sensors, wearable devices and other small electronics.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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After a pause, the composition takes on a searching quality, as the melody travels from one instrument to the next, including a compelling viola solo performed by principal viola Maiya Papach, eventually fading out to nothing, leaving the audience suspended in uneasy quiet.—
Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
13 Sep. 2025
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The long-standing expectation was that these resonance signals would fade and become negligible as the momentum transfer increased.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Vanish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vanish. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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