- 1[intransitive] to disappear suddenly and/or in a way that you cannot explain He turned around and vanished into the house. The magician vanished in a puff of smoke. My glasses seem to have vanished. He vanished without a trace.
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- 2[intransitive] to stop existing the vanishing woodlands of California All hopes of a peaceful settlement had now vanished. All thoughts of leaving vanished from his mind. Idioms
vanish
verbNAmE//ˈvænɪʃ//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they vanish he / she / it vanishes
past simple vanished
-ing form vanishing
to disappear completely Keep looking—they can't just have vanished off the face of the earth.
to go away or be impossible to find when people need or want you
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