26984 words

disappear

3 definitions • 11 examples
1
If people or things disappear, they go somewhere where they cannot be seen or found:

Examples:

The search was called off for the sailors who disappeared in the storm.
I can't find my keys anywhere - they've completely disappeared.
disappear behind The sun disappeared behind a cloud.
disappear into We looked for her but she had disappeared into the crowd.
mysteriously disappear The movie is about a girl who mysteriously disappeared while on a picnic at Hanging Rock.
disappear without trace I don't know how it's possible for a person to disappear without trace.
2
to no longer exist:

Examples:

disappear from These flowers are disappearing from our fields and woods.
This is a way of life that is fast disappearing.
3
(of a person or thing) to go to a place or into a condition where the person or thing cannot be seen:

Examples:

She disappeared into the house.
He disappeared for a few hours (= went somewhere unknown).
They watched the plane until it disappeared (= could no longer be seen).

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