vanished; vanishing; vanishes
1
a
: to pass quickly from sight : disappear
b
: to pass completely from existence
2
: to assume the value zero
: to cause to disappear
vanisher
noun
Examples of vanish in a Sentence
The missing girl vanished without a trace a year ago.
The papers seem to have vanished into thin air.
Dinosaurs vanished from the face of the earth millions of years ago.
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Eventually, the item vanished from the State Department's procurement document.
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Bobby Allyn, NPR, 24 Feb. 2025
Now with all these things vanished, along with the bookstores and repertory cinemas, the city seems impoverished and disfigured.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Her mother, constantly cooking and battling stomach pain, sometimes vanishes before dawn.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 22 Feb. 2025
The wealth stored in that home can vanish in an instant, and rebuilding takes years—and even then, the rebuilding process could be subject to changes in the environment, legal and regulatory decisions, and other externalities.
—Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
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“Vanish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vanish. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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