vanishes

2 definitions • 4 examples

to disappear or stop being present or existing, especially in a sudden, surprising way:

The child vanished while on her way home from school.

We ran out after the thief, but he had vanished into thin air (= had completely disappeared).

Cheap rural housing is vanishing in the south of the country.

to disappear or stop existing, esp. suddenly:

Her smile vanished.