vanished 1 of 2

adjective

as in extinct
no longer existing the vanished tradition of the maypole as the center for May Day festivities

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vanished

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verb

past tense of vanish
as in disappeared
to cease to be visible the house vanished into the fog as we drove away

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Recent Examples of vanished
Verb
On May 7th, a mere eight days after the Supreme Court decision, the lone Tennessee district with a Democratic representative vanished from the map. — Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026 George Gascón has all but vanished from public life since losing his reelection bid in 2024. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 But the breeze vanished, leaving him stranded above the treetops. — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026 The language, the words, the people, the sentiment erased, the websites vanished, the funds dried, and the true spirit of self-interest revealed. — Kamau Bobb october 21, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026 Netflix is revisiting the tragic case of Natalee Holloway, an 18-year-old who vanished on a high school graduation trip to Aruba in 2005. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026 Three days after Angelica vanished, her car was found in a parking lot in Palomar Mountain State Park near Doane Pond. — Meghan O'Brien, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026 Their injuries are already mounting, and their big-picture margin for error has almost vanished halfway through October. — ABC News, 19 Oct. 2026 Starring Hyun-joo Kim and Hyeon-seong Bae, Paradise Lost follows a mother whose son disappeared nine years earlier when a bus carrying children to a camp mysteriously vanished. — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vanished
  1. extinct
  2. disappeared
  3. defunct
  4. faded
  5. gone
  6. expired
Adjective
  • The company has pursued efforts to recreate extinct species, including the dodo and woolly mammoth.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
  • This crane had nearly gone extinct before, driven in part by an explosion of new hydroelectric dams in the early 20th century, whose construction dried out local wetlands.
    — Sara Herschander, Vox, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of extinct
Verb
  • Lin was subsequently disappeared from the film, all sources concurred, and Belgrad stepped in as the primary Netflix exec overseeing the project (until, of course, he was laid off last week).
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, disappeared in their Lockheed Electra 10-E while on a journey around the world.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of disappeared
Adjective
  • The 307-mile Great Redwood Trail planned along a defunct Northern California rail line is colliding with the Wailaki tribe, as members decry hikers trampling ancestral villages and graves.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Balaban & Katz also founded Chicago's first commercial television station, the long-defunct WBKB-TV Channel 4.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of defunct
Verb
  • The process recalls versioning in dub, where an existing recording is stripped down and reconstructed, its individual elements isolated, amplified or faded out entirely.
    — Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Most movie theaters disappeared decades ago and the culture of cinemagoing has faded from the lives of the younger generations.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of faded
Adjective
  • An America lost to time, remembered in photos The mall’s future is now determined — and its past reveals a version of America perhaps long gone.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Suddenly, photos, videos, or important documents are just… gone.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 15 May 2026
Definition of gone
Adjective
  • The Colts star was not arrested, but was cited for an expired registration and given a summons for possession of marijuana, per ESPN.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Troopers found that the vehicle had an expired Ohio registration, the warrant affidavit said.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of expired

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“Vanished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vanished. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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