| Front | vanish |
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| Back | van‧ish /ˈvænɪʃ/ verb [intransitive] 1to disappear suddenly, especially in a way that cannot be easily explained: My keys were here a minute ago but now they’ve vanished. vanish without (a) trace/vanish off the face of the earth (=disappear so that no sign remains) The youngster vanished without a trace one day and has never been found. The bird vanished from sight. She seemed to have just vanished into thin air (=suddenly disappeared in a very mysterious way). 2to suddenly stop existing SYN disappear vanish from By the 1930s, the wolf had vanished from the American West. Public support for the Prime Minister has now vanished. THESAURUS disappear if something disappears, you cannot see it any longer, or it does not exist any longer: The sun slowly disappeared over the horizon. | Millions of people saw their savings disappear. | 16% of the forest cover has disappeared during the last 100 years. vanish to completely disappear, especially suddenly: The boat vanished without trace off the coast of Australia. | All hopes of finding the boy alive have vanished. | The fields have vanished beneath a new town of skyscrapers and motorways. go away to stop existing – used about something bad such as a pain or a problem: I wish this headache would go away. | I’m afraid the problem won’t just go away. fade away to gradually become less clear, strong, or bright, and finally disappear: Her voice began to fade away. | His anger slowly faded away. | The last rays of the evening sun were fading away. melt away especially literary to disappear, especially gradually – used about feelings or groups of people: The crowd began to melt away. | His initial excitement had melted away. die out to stop existing after gradually becoming more and more rare – used about a type of animal or plant, a disease, or a custom: Wolves had died out in much of Europe. | Many of the old childhood diseases have almost died out. become extinct if a type of animal or plant becomes extinct, it stops existing: Dinosaurs became extinct millions of years ago. | If nothing is done to save the whales, they will soon become extinct. |
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