verb
1 disappear suddenly and completely
ADVERB
▪ just , simply
▪
I turned around and she had simply ~ed.
▪ abruptly , instantly , promptly , suddenly
▪ quickly , rapidly
▪
Her feelings of shyness rapidly ~ed.
▪ mysteriously
▪
a man who mysteriously ~ed from his home last month
VERB + VANISH
▪ seem to
▪ make sb/sth
PREPOSITION
▪ from
▪
All thoughts of romance ~ed from his mind.
▪ into
▪
She ~ed into the mist.
PHRASES
▪ ~ from the face of the earth , ~ from sight , ~ into thin air
▪
At a stroke she could make things ~ into thin air.
▪ ~ without trace
2 disappear over a period of time
ADVERB
▪ altogether , completely , entirely , totally
▪
Many of these old cinemas have now ~ed altogether.
▪ all but , almost , nearly , virtually
▪
a way of life that has now all but ~ed
▪ long since
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The people who built this temple have long since ~ed.
▪ forever
▪
Much of the land we loved has ~ed forever.
▪ away
PREPOSITION
▪ from
▪
This plant is ~ing from our countryside.
Vanish is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ mirage , ↑ smile