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 This season doesn’t seem to have story lines so much as little things that pop up here and there and then disappear quickly. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026 After suffering a crushing defeat in his bid for reelection in 2024, Gascón all but disappeared from public life. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 Last week, after Trump demanded that Ukraine stop striking Russian refineries and Kyiv did not comply, its access to a military-grade version of Starlink was restricted and responsibility disappeared into a haze of accusation and denial. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 22 Oct. 2026 The experiment goes wrong, the Farmer disappears and a large, hairy creature begins roaming the woods around Mossingham. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for disappear

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To cross them was to risk vanishing—not merely from the screen, but from the collective story America told about itself.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2026
The homes where poor people lived have invariably vanished, whether in Paris or in the provinces, whereas bourgeois homes are still standing.

— Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of vanish

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Brown, though, didn't quite let perception fade away a couple of days later.

— CBS News, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
The question now is whether shoppers counting every dollar will keep paying for products like cashmere-soft diapers once the novelty fades and if inflation keeps biting.

— Phil Wahba, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026

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