Disappeared Disappear Disappearing Plane Watched Impossible Find Verb

• with that, matt promptly disappeared.
• the mirror made the ceiling seem to disappear.
• the plane disappeared behind a cloud.
• lisa watched until the train disappeared from view.

disappear

Verb Forms

1. to become impossible to see
• SYNONYM vanish
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• With that, Matt promptly disappeared.
• The mirror made the ceiling seem to disappear.
• The plane disappeared behind a cloud.
• Lisa watched until the train disappeared from view.
• Lucy watched his tall figure disappear into the cafe.
2. to stop existing
• SYNONYM vanish
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• Her nervousness quickly disappeared once she was on stage.
• The problem won't just disappear.
• Our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate.
• Wildlife is fast disappearing from our countryside.
• These fish have virtually disappeared from their traditional waters.

Extra Examples

• He started the treatment and his symptoms disappeared overnight.
• The controversy is not going to magically disappear.
• The traditional way of life has all but disappeared.
• These forests could disappear altogether in the next twenty years.
• Why have 2.5 million manufacturing jobs disappeared in the last twenty years?
• a rapidly disappearing way of life
• The smile disappeared to be replaced by a doleful frown.
• His grin momentarily disappeared from his face.
3. to be lost or impossible to find
• SYNONYM vanish
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• I can never find a pen in this house. They disappear as soon as I buy them.
• Then one day he simply disappeared.
• A number of his wives mysteriously disappeared.
• The child disappeared from his home some time after four.

Extra Examples

• The woman literally disappeared on her way home from work one night.
• The plane suddenly just disappeared from the radar screen.
• Her father disappeared without trace when she was ten.
• Her personal website quietly disappeared from the internet.
4. if a person is disappeared, they are arrested or captured and kept in prison without trial or killed, usually for political reasons
• 10 000 people have been disappeared and over 160 000 displaced.
• One month later, he was disappeared by the regime.
5. to remove something secretly or illegally so that it cannot be found
• In the last five years, nearly 5 000 companies have been disappeared from the registry.
• Soon after the blog post went up, someone disappeared it.
6. to disappear completely
• Keep looking—they can't just have vanished off the face of the earth.
7. to disappear suddenly in a mysterious way
• She can’t just have vanished into thin air.
• At a stroke she could make things vanish into thin air.
8. to go away or be impossible to find when people need or want you
• The cat had done a disappearing act.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from dis- (expressing reversal) + appear, on the pattern of French disparaître.