disappearverb [ I ]
uk/ˌdɪs.əˈpɪər/us/ˌdɪs.əˈpɪr/B1 If people or things disappear, they go somewhere where they cannot be seen or found:
The search was called off for the sailors who disappeared in the storm.
I can't find my keys anywhere - they've completely disappeared.
The sun disappeared behind a cloud.
We looked for her but she had disappeared into the crowd.
The movie is about a girl who mysteriously disappeared while on a picnic at Hanging Rock.
I don't know how it's possible for a person to disappear without trace.
B2 to no longer exist:
These flowers are disappearing from our fields and woods.
This is a way of life that is fast disappearing.
More examples
- I'll just say the magic word and the rabbit will disappear - Abracadabra!
- The sun disappeared behind heavy clouds.
- That wine stain on my shirt has virtually disappeared.
- It's funny how Alec always disappears whenever there's work to be done.
- We watched as the train disappeared into the distance.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Losing and loss
- astray
- black hole
- forfeit
- get to
- go walkabout idiom
- haemorrhage
- kiss
- lose
- loss
- lost
- mislay
- misplace
- miss
- say
- say goodbye to sth idiom
- slip through sb's fingers idiom
- stray
- walkabout
- wave
- wave/say goodbye to sth idiom
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