disappear
To go missing; to become a missing person.
Example
“Eighteen years after Jaycee Dugard disappeared in 1991, she was found alive in the summer of 2009.”
Other meanings
To go away; to become lost.
To make vanish; especially, to abduct or murder for political reasons.
“The Chinese government is well-known for disappearing particularly vocal political dissidents.”
Synonyms
- go away
Related words
- disappearingly
- nondisappearing
- undisappearing
- disappearable
- disappearer
- disappearess
- redisappear
- disappear into thin air
- up and disappear
- disappearing carriage
- disappearing disease
- disappearing act
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "disapeeren".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “disappear” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.