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[ verb ] get lost, esp. without warning or explanation
Examples "He disappeared without a trace" Used in print (Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)The necessity of that day has long disappeared . (Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)This and other fears of the solar_system have disappeared gradually , first , with the Ptolemaic_system and its built-in concept of periodicity and_then , more firmly , with the Newtonian innovation of an universal force that could account quantitatively for both terrestrial and celestial motions . Much of the former extreme uneasiness associated with visions and hallucinations and with death has disappeared . (James A. Ibers et al., "Proton magnetic resonance...)One sample , which had been exposed to the atmosphere after evacuation at 375 ` C , showed the presence of adsorbed water ( about 0.3 wt % ) as evidenced by a weak resonance line which was very narrow at room_temperature and which disappeared , due_to broadening , at low_temperature . (J. F. Vedder, "Micrometeorites", in Francis S. J...)Since there is a continual loss of micrometeoritic material in space because of the radiation effects , there must be a continual replenishment : otherwise , micrometeorites would have disappeared from interplanetary_space . |
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[ verb ] become invisible or unnoticeable
Examples "The effect vanished when day broke Related terms end terminate clear dematerialize bob_under disappearance vanishing |
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