(~es, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If someone or something ~es, they disappear suddenly or in a way that cannot be explained.
He just ~ed and was never seen again...
Anne ~ed from outside her home last Wednesday...
The gunmen paused only to cut the wires to the house, then ~ed into the countryside.
= disappear
VERB: V, V from n, V into n
2.
If something such as a species of animal or a tradition ~es, it stops existing.
Near the end of Devonian times, thirty percent of all animal life ~ed...
In the past two years, one-party rule has ~ed from Eastern Europe.
= disappear
VERB: V, V from n