VANISH


Meaning of VANISH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ vænɪʃ ]

( vanishes, vanishing, vanished)

1.

If someone or something vanishes , they disappear suddenly or in a way that cannot be explained.

He just vanished and was never seen again...

Anne vanished from outside her home last Wednesday...

The gunmen paused only to cut the wires to the house, then vanished into the countryside.

= disappear

VERB : V , V from n , V into n

2.

If something such as a species of animal or a tradition vanishes , it stops existing.

Near the end of Devonian times, thirty percent of all animal life vanished...

In the past two years, one-party rule has vanished from Eastern Europe.

= disappear

VERB : V , V from n

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