| disappearance | | |
| n. (act) | 1. disappearance, disappearing | the act of leaving secretly or without explanation. |
| ~ departure, going, going away, leaving | the act of departing. |
| ~ vanishing | a sudden disappearance from sight. |
| n. (event) | 2. disappearance | the event of passing out of sight. |
| ~ happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | an event that happens. |
| ~ ingress, immersion | (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse. |
| ~ evanescence | the event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight.; "the evanescence of the morning mist" |
| ~ vanishing | a sudden or mysterious disappearance. |
| ~ fadeout, receding | a slow or gradual disappearance. |
| n. (act) | 3. disappearance, fade | gradually ceasing to be visible. |
| ~ ending, termination, conclusion | the act of ending something.; "the termination of the agreement" |
| n. (event) | 4. disappearance | ceasing to exist.; "he regretted the disappearance of Greek from school curricula"; "what was responsible for the disappearance of the rainforest?"; "the disappearance of resistance at very low temperatures" |
| ~ happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | an event that happens. |
| fading | | |
| n. (event) | 1. attenuation, fading | weakening in force or intensity.; "attenuation in the volume of the sound" |
| ~ weakening | becoming weaker. |
| obliteration | | |
| n. (act) | 1. annihilation, obliteration | destruction by annihilating something. |
| ~ destruction, devastation | the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists. |
| ~ atomisation, atomization | annihilation by reducing something to atoms. |
| ~ pulverisation, pulverization | annihilation by pulverizing something. |
| ~ vaporization, vaporisation | annihilation by vaporizing something. |
| n. (event) | 2. eradication, obliteration | the complete destruction of every trace of something. |
| ~ demolition, wipeout, destruction | an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something. |
| disappear | | |
| v. (change) | 1. disappear, go away, vanish | get lost, as without warning or explanation.; "He disappeared without a trace" |
| ~ fall away, fall off | diminish in size or intensity. |
| ~ fall | go as if by falling.; "Grief fell from our hearts" |
| ~ die | disappear or come to an end.; "Their anger died"; "My secret will die with me!" |
| ~ go | be abolished or discarded.; "These ugly billboards have to go!"; "These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge" |
| ~ absent, remove | go away or leave.; "He absented himself" |
| ~ blow over, evanesce, fleet, fade, pass off, pass | disappear gradually.; "The pain eventually passed off" |
| ~ fade, wither | lose freshness, vigor, or vitality.; "Her bloom was fading" |
| ~ skip town, take a powder | disappear without notifying anyone (idiom). |
| ~ die off, die out | become extinct.; "Dinosaurs died out" |
| ~ desorb | go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed. |
| v. (perception) | 2. disappear, go away, vanish | become invisible or unnoticeable.; "The effect vanished when day broke" |
| ~ dematerialise, dematerialize | become immaterial; disappear. |
| ~ clear | go away or disappear.; "The fog cleared in the afternoon" |
| ~ bob under | disappear suddenly, as if under the surface of a body of water. |
| ~ end, cease, terminate, finish, stop | have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" |
| v. (change) | 3. disappear, vanish | cease to exist.; "An entire civilization vanished" |
| ~ end, cease, terminate, finish, stop | have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" |
| v. (change) | 4. disappear, evaporate, melt | become less intense and fade away gradually.; "her resistance melted under his charm"; "her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance" |
| ~ weaken | become weaker.; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" |
| vanish | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. fell, fly, vanish | pass away rapidly.; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him" |
| ~ vaporize, vanish, fly | decrease rapidly and disappear.; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized" |
| ~ elapse, glide by, go by, slide by, slip by, slip away, go along, pass, lapse | pass by.; "three years elapsed" |
| v. (change) | 2. fly, vanish, vaporize | decrease rapidly and disappear.; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized" |
| ~ decrease, diminish, lessen, fall | decrease in size, extent, or range.; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" |
| ~ fell, vanish, fly | pass away rapidly.; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him" |
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