Another word for disappear
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Verb
To pass out of sight either gradually or suddenly
- To pass out of sight, especially quickly; disappear.
- To pass out of existence:
- To become zero. Used of a function or variable.
- A gradual diminishing in intensity of an image, light, or sound to imperceptibility, especially as a transition in a visual or audio recording.
- To lose brightness, loudness, or brilliance gradually:
- To lose freshness; wither:
- To lose strength or vitality; wane:
- To convert or change into a vapor.
- To draw off in the form of vapor.
- To draw moisture from, as by heating, leaving only the dry solid portion.
- To dissipate or disappear like vapor.
See also:To cease to exist
- To come to an end; terminate:
- To breathe one's last breath; die:
- To exhale; breathe out.
- To cease living; become dead; expire.
- To cease existing, especially by degrees; fade:
- To experience an agony or suffering suggestive of that of death:
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Another word for disappear
Verb
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- (informal) to disappear
- To leave hurriedly.
- To deprive of physical substance; make immaterial:
- To reduce the amount of material required for (a product or process):
- To convert (records, for example) from paper to digital or electronic form.
- To drive off or scatter in different directions:
- To strew or distribute widely:
- To cause to attenuate and disappear:
- The receding or outgoing tide, occurring between the time when the tide is highest and the time when the following tide is lowest.
- A period of decline or diminution:
- To fall back from the flood stage.
- To decrease gradually in size, number, strength, or intensity:
- To show a progressively smaller illuminated area, as the moon does in passing from full to new.
- To approach an end:
- To dissipate or disappear like vapor.
- To break apart or attenuate to the point of disappearing:
- To drive away; cause to vanish:
- To spend or expend intemperately or wastefully; squander:
- To break loose from confinement; get free:
- To issue from confinement or enclosure; leak or seep out:
- To avoid a serious or unwanted outcome:
- A gradual diminishing in intensity of an image, light, or sound to imperceptibility, especially as a transition in a visual or audio recording.
- (idiomatic) To become extinct.
- To die or be destroyed, especially in a violent or untimely manner:
- To pass from existence; disappear gradually:
- To spoil or deteriorate.
- To depart secretly or suddenly.
- To depart from a camp or camping ground.
- To go away; leave:
- To die.
- To vary, as from a regular course; deviate:
- To leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution.
- To cease to occupy (a lodging or place); leave:
- To cease to hold (a job or position):
- To make void or annul (an erroneous lower court decision):
- To go out of or away from:
- To go without taking or removing:
- To omit or exclude:
- To convey or communicate.
- To skip or decline.
- (idiomatic, euphemistic) To die.
- The act of going away or out.
- A passage or way out:
- The departure of a performer from the stage.
- To go below the surface of water or another liquid:
- To descend to the bottom of a body of water or other liquid:
- To fall or drop to a lower level, especially to go down slowly or in stages:
- The act or process of moving back or away, especially from something hazardous, formidable, or unpleasant:
- Withdrawal of a military force from a dangerous position or from an enemy attack.
- The process of receding from a position or of becoming smaller:
- To withdraw from one's occupation or position, especially upon reaching a certain age; stop working.
- To move away or withdraw, as for rest or seclusion:
- To fall back or retreat, as from battle.
- (intransitive) To faint; fall asleep
- To distribute, to hand out
- (of soldiers, police, fire-fighters, etc.) To graduate, usually marked by the ceremony at the end of their training.
- (euphemistic) To die.
- To move or travel; proceed:
- To move away from a place; depart:
- To pursue a certain course:
- To move on or ahead; proceed:
- To extend; run:
- To move by or in front of something:
- To convert or change into a vapor.
- To draw off in the form of vapor.
- To draw moisture from, as by heating, leaving only the dry solid portion.
- To cause to pass into solution:
- To reduce (solid matter) to liquid form; melt.
- To cause to lose definition; blend or blur:
- To take back or away; remove:
- To cause to leave or return:
- To remove (money) from an account.
- To cease living; become dead; expire.
- To cease existing, especially by degrees; fade:
- To experience an agony or suffering suggestive of that of death:
- To put an end to; discontinue:
- To come to an end; stop:
- To stop performing an activity or action; desist:
- To lose brightness, loudness, or brilliance gradually:
- To lose freshness; wither:
- To lose strength or vitality; wane:
- To pass out of sight, especially quickly; disappear.
- To pass out of existence:
- To become zero. Used of a function or variable.
Synonym Study
- Fade suggests a gradual, complete or partial disappearance, as by losing color or brilliance the design on this fabric won't fade, his reputation has faded
- Vanish implies a sudden, complete, often mysterious passing from sight or existence the stain had vanished overnight
- Disappear implies either a sudden or gradual passing from sight or existence customs that have long since disappeared
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