The missing girl vanished without a trace a year ago. The papers seem to have vanished into thin air. Dinosaurs vanished from the face of the earth millions of years ago.
Recent Examples on the WebSome estimates say the ship will vanish in a matter of decades.CNN, 5 Sep. 2022 Of economic spark, as jobs vanish, shops and restaurants shut and an ever-increasing number of beggars camp outside bakeries hoping for a morsel of bread. Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2022 September reservations for the restaurant, 548 S.E. Ash St., disappeared in less than an hour earlier this month, and October slots — which go online at noon on Sept. 15 — should vanish just as quickly.oregonlive, 23 Aug. 2022 There’s never room to go wide-open for longer than a couple seconds, as the straights just vanish while the gear whine from the diffs ramps up in pitch. Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 17 Aug. 2022 Substitute some chillier term (arctic, tundral, weathered, thickset) and our magician’s herds instantly vanish. Brad Leithauser, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022 And then, the effect is likely to diminish or vanish. John Dorfman, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022 After the dishes are cleared, the adults go out to the front porch while the children vanish to go play on the farm. Dan Gearino, ABC News, 29 July 2022 At those frigid heights, some of the particles become nuclei around which condensation gathers and then quickly freezes, helping to produce puffy contrails that either vanish or persist as wispy, high-altitude cirrus clouds.Wired, 28 July 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English vanisshen, borrowed from Anglo-French vaniss- stem of vanir, envanir, esvanir, going back to Vulgar Latin *exvānīre, restructuring of Latin ēvānēscere "to fade away, disappear," from ē-e- entry 1 + vānēscere "to pass from existence," inchoative verb derivative of vānus "empty, lacking content" — more at wane entry 1