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vanish (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: evanir, from Vulgar Latin exvanire, from Latin evanescere; EVANESCENT]
to disappear suddenly, especially in a way that cannot be easily explained
::My keys were here a minute ago but now they've vanished.
vanish without (a) trace/vanish off the face of the earth
(=disappear so that no sign remains)
::The youngster vanished without a trace one day and has never been found.
::The bird vanished from sight .
::She seemed to have just vanished into thin air . (=suddenly disappeared in a very mysterious way)
to suddenly stop existing
-synonym disappear disappear vanish from
::By the 1930s, the wolf had vanished from the American West.
::Public support for the Prime Minister has now vanished.