vanishing
- noun
- /ˈvænɪʃɪŋ/
- Once again, we witness the vanishing of more forms of this paradigm along with the disappearance of disyllabic veer.
And the youth decided to to lash around this concept of vanishing and disappearing.
- And the youth decided to to lash around this concept of vanishing and disappearing.
Examples
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Tell me about the moment just prior to his vanishing.
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My husband died a few days after the vanishings
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The loss of John Smith forever is the vanishing of her last happiness.
Blog text (13) -
I was, too, when she called me with the news of Peter's vanishing.
Fiction book (2002) -
The Wachatis believe they draw their power from these caves, but they now live in fear since the vanishing of their sacred bat.
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Transition is a moment in this very vanishing, and it is devilishly difficult to picture or ponder.
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The text beside these visionary expanses emphasized vanishing and danger.
Fiction book (1998) -
"Since Marianne's vanishing, Mom had become yet more nervously extravagant in her speech, eyelids and fingers fluttering.
Fiction book (1997) -
The sudden vanishing of the magician left the audience in awe.
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The news of her mysterious vanishing spread quickly through the town.
Synonyms
A lack of someone or something that should be there
A person or thing not seen where it was before
Leaving a place secretly or without explaining why
A brief fading from sight or memory
A complete disappearance of someone or something so it cannot be seen
A failure by a person to come to a place they should, often in court or at a meeting
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A point in a picture where parallel lines seem to meet in the distance
How Sudden
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Vanishing comes from the Latin root vanus meaning 'empty', and the same root appears in words like vain and vanity. So a vanishing is when something suddenly becomes 'empty' of people or sight — it disappears.