Disapparate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Disapparate is a verb meaning (intransitive) To disappear magically.
Meaning
(intransitive) To disappear magically.
Example Sentences
Even without Alastair Campbell's assistance, a visiting idealist can see that the simplest thing John Prescott could do, to help secure a fourth term for Labour, would be to disapparate, taking his fellow revenants with him.
But again, over time and over many, many pages this scenario fails to chill: most of the “muggle” population goes about its ordinary existence, and every time the secret police close in, our heroes are able to “disapparate” — a term that always makes me think of an attempt at English by George W. Bush.
Word Forms
- disapparates
- disapparating
- disapparated
Antonyms for disapparate
Common opposites include reapparate.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include disappear, redisappear, vanish, poof, vanishify, dematerialize.
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