disappear

dis- +‎ appear

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪsəˈpɪə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɪsəˈpɪɹ/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /dɪsəˈpiːɹ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

disappear (third-person singular simple present disappears, present participle disappearing, simple past and past participle disappeared)

1. (intransitive) To vanish.
2. (transitive) To make vanish.
   • 1973, Joseph Heller, “38 Kid Sister”, in Catch 22: A Dramatization (Fiction), Delacorte Press:

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

3. (intransitive) To go away; to become lost.
   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 8, in The Celebrity:

     I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields […] . And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, […] . My client welcomed the judge […] and they disappeared together into the Ethiopian card-room, which was filled with the assegais and exclamation point shields Mr. Cooke had had made at the sawmill at Beaverton.

   • 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings:

     A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff. These properties were known to have belonged to a toddy drawer. He had disappeared.

• (to vanish): dematerialize, vanish

• (to vanish): appear

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