noun
- A sudden or mysterious disappearance.
- A sudden disappearance from sight.
verb
- Get lost, as without warning or explanation.
- usage: "He disappeared without a trace"
- Become invisible or unnoticeable.
- usage: "The effect vanished when day broke"
- Pass away rapidly.
- usage: "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him"
- Cease to exist.
- usage: "An entire civilization vanished"
- Decrease rapidly and disappear.
- usage: "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized"
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