Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of disappearing; removal or withdrawal from sight or knowledge; a ceasing to appear or to exist: as, the disappearance of the sun, or of a race of animals.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of disappearing; cessation of appearance; removal from sight; vanishing.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The action of disappearing or vanishing.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the act of leaving secretly or without explanation
  • noun ceasing to exist
  • noun the event of passing out of sight
  • noun gradually ceasing to be visible

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Examples

  • U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar said Friday that while no evidence has caused investigators to question her story, the disappearance is mysterious.

    Falcon Lake Shooting: Mexico Opens Probe Into Colorado Man's Death On Border Lake AP 2010

  • U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar said Friday that while no evidence has caused investigators to question her story, the disappearance is mysterious.

    Falcon Lake Shooting: Mexico Opens Probe Into Colorado Man's Death On Border Lake AP 2010

  • They have all gone, disappeared; and their disappearance is the only decent thing they ever did.

    Democracy in War 1918

  • If for some reason which Miss – er – Lulu Fay chooses to keep secret, he had her jewels and money in his possession on the fatal February 3rd, then I think his disappearance is accounted for.

    Lady Molly of Scotland Yard 1912

  • But perhaps the biggest reason for the Golden Hurricane's disappearance from the postseason was that it collectively forgot how to win those close games.

    Around the Conference USA 2010

  • Many tags get sun-faded, worn, removed, switched, and one of our favorite theories for their disappearance is that roaches like to eat them.

    Prices almost never listed 2009

  • Its disappearance is but an aspect of centralization.

    The death of the URL | FactoryCity 2009

  • Many tags get sun-faded, worn, removed, switched, and one of our favorite theories for their disappearance is that roaches like to eat them.

    Prices almost never listed 2009

  • "The general sense of the Caucus is that the people of South Carolina have suffered enough as a result of your recent actions and the current allegations against you," the members wrote to the governor, referring to his disappearance from the state in June and subsequent investigations into his travel expenses.

    S.C. House Republicans tell Sanford to resign 2009

  • Many tags get sun-faded, worn, removed, switched, and one of our favorite theories for their disappearance is that roaches like to eat them.

    Prices almost never listed 2009

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