Disappear

Quick meaning: Disappear is a verb meaning (intransitive) To vanish.

Meaning

(intransitive) To vanish.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To go missing; to become a missing person.
2. (intransitive) To go away; to become lost.
3. (transitive, often euphemistic) To make vanish; especially, to abduct or murder for political reasons.

Example Sentences

"Did they disappear him?" "I don’t know." "What will you do if they decide to disappear you?"

The Chinese government is well-known for disappearing particularly vocal political dissidents.

Eighteen years after Jaycee Dugard disappeared in 1991, she was found alive in the summer of 2009.

"It's such an honoring for Native people in this country, when we've been so disappeared and disregarded," Harjo says.

Word Forms

• disappears
• disappearing
• disappeared

Synonyms for disappear

Depending on context, synonyms include dematerialize, vanish, perish, dissolve.

Antonyms for disappear

Common opposites include appear, come along.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include vanish, disappearance, vanishing, evanish, leave, elimination.

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