vanish
Other forms: vanished; vanishing; vanishes
A car driving into the distance, a member of a near-extinct species, or that last piece of pecan pie in the refrigerator — any of these things is likely to vanish soon, meaning "to disappear."
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. You might, for example, vanish from school when the last bell rings on Friday. Things we can't see can also vanish, like the stress that vanishes when your big project is complete.
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become invisible or unnoticeable“The effect vanished when day broke”types:bob underdisappear suddenly, as if under the surface of a body of water
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pass away rapidly
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decrease rapidly and disappear
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cease to exist
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get lost, as without warning or explanation
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Vocabulary lists containing vanish
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