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    vanish
    /ˈvanɪʃ/

    verb

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  2. 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. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples.

  3. The gunmen paused only to cut the wires to the house, then vanished into the countryside. [VERB + into] Synonyms: disappear, become invisible, be lost to sight, dissolve More Synonyms of vanish. 2. verb. If something such as a species of animal or a tradition vanishes, it stops existing.

  4. Vanish definition: to disappear from sight, especially quickly; become invisible. See examples of VANISH used in a sentence.

  5. 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 state. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples.

  6. The word vanish entered English by way of French, but it can be traced back to the Latin word evanescere, meaning to “die away” or “to dissipate.” The word covers all kinds of disappearing acts, from the disappearance of an object or a person.

  7. The meaning of VANISH is to pass quickly from sight : disappear. How to use vanish in a sentence.

  8. Definition of vanish verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.