/ ˈvænɪʃ; NAmE / verb [ v ]
1.
to disappear suddenly and/or in a way that you cannot explain :
The magician vanished in a puff of smoke.
My glasses seem to have vanished.
He vanished without trace .
2.
to stop existing :
the vanishing woodlands of Europe
All hopes of a peaceful settlement had now vanished.
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IDIOMS
see act noun , face noun
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English : shortening of Old French e(s)vaniss- , lengthened stem of e(s)vanir , from Latin evanescere die away.