DISAPPEAR Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

disappear

verb

ˌdis-ə-ˈpir

Definition of disappear

as in to vanish

to cease to be visible the stranger disappeared into the mists, never to be seen again

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Recent Examples of disappear Skeletal remains found in August were identified as a 52-year-old Las Vegas resident who disappeared in 1998. — CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 How many times have my feet carried me to the top of this slope, so steep that the bottom disappears from view? — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026 Trucking, radiology, paralegals, customer support, translators, illustrators, junior developers, all going to disappear. — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 But a support lead who knew exactly how customers broke the checkout flow could watch that knowledge disappear into a ticket queue while a separate team worked through a backlog. — Jay Singh, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for disappear

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Enamel is created while teeth are still developing under the gums, and the cells that produce it, known as ameloblasts, break down and vanish once a tooth erupts.

— Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Stocks of Wi-Fi routers, insulin pumps, pacemakers, and credit-card readers, along with cars and dishwashers, would dwindle and perhaps vanish.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of vanish

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That terrible scenario that doesn't easily fade definitely caused everyone to believe Quinn was at it again on Monday night – messing up again, forgetting that the last play was fourth down instead of third down.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Yet, in the urban South, recent linguistic research finds that the drawl’s most salient features are starting to fade on the lips of young speakers.

— Valerie M. Fridland, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026

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