vanished; vanishing; vanishes
1
a
: to pass quickly from sight : disappear
b
: to pass completely from existence
2
: to assume the value zero
: to cause to disappear
vanisher
noun
Examples of vanish in a Sentence
The missing girl vanished without a trace a year ago.
The papers seem to have vanished into thin air.
Dinosaurs vanished from the face of the earth millions of years ago.
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Per the logline, when a teenage musician vanishes in New Orleans, Colter teams up with a local detective (Marci House) and uncovers a chilling mystery involving dark magic.
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Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2025
Michelle Citron Sugerman, who later tended to elevators and escalators at Sears Tower, then the tallest building in the world, wonders if the small forays that women have made in the construction trades since the 1980s will simply vanish.
—Andrea Hsu, NPR, 20 Mar. 2025
The Boeing 777 plane vanished from radar shortly after taking off on March 8, 2014, carrying 239 people, mostly Chinese nationals, on a flight from Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur, to Beijing.
—CBS News, 20 Mar. 2025
We’re done watching cash vanish while our kids go without.
—Ryan J. Taylor, Boston Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
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Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2025
Michelle Citron Sugerman, who later tended to elevators and escalators at Sears Tower, then the tallest building in the world, wonders if the small forays that women have made in the construction trades since the 1980s will simply vanish.
—Andrea Hsu, NPR, 20 Mar. 2025
The Boeing 777 plane vanished from radar shortly after taking off on March 8, 2014, carrying 239 people, mostly Chinese nationals, on a flight from Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur, to Beijing.
—CBS News, 20 Mar. 2025
We’re done watching cash vanish while our kids go without.
—Ryan J. Taylor, Boston Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for vanish
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“Vanish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vanish. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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