(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you say that someone or something ~s, you mean that you can no longer see them, usually because you or they have changed position.
The black car drove away from them and ~ed...
Clive ~ed into a room by himself...
= vanish
VERB: V, V prep
2.
If someone or something ~s, they go away or are taken away somewhere where nobody can find them.
...a Japanese woman who ~ed thirteen years ago...
VERB: V
3.
If something ~s, it stops existing or happening.
The immediate security threat has ~ed.
VERB: V