vanishment
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9.0
- noun
- /ˈvænɪʃmənt/
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desaparición
- It was going to be one hell of an autopsy, one of the starring organs gone without an external clue to explain its vanishment.
Examples
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Unlike wilderness areas whose passing would be lamented, the vanishment of slums would be celebrated.
Academic text (1991) -
Thus, chapter 9 is written entirely in the third-person past, a consistency which explains more than the temporary vanishment of the logbook after the explosion.
Academic text (1992) -
Was it a smoke vanishment in which he dwindled quickly to nothing?
Fiction book (1991) -
No vanishment could be absolute: a substitute was necessity become tradition.
Fiction book (2000) -
"No longer the scoffer at poor Stilby-Nash's vanishment that you were?"
Fiction book (1994) -
Or was it a flash vanishment, in which he disappeared with perhaps a small clap of thunder?
Fiction book (1991) -
Therefore, his unexpected and complete vanishment from all public ken shortly after the first of May, 1848, was remarked and lamented in the local press and church records.
Fiction book (1994) -
The magician's act ended with the vanishment of the rabbit from the top hat.
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The sudden vanishment of the fog revealed the stunning landscape beyond.
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The investigation focused on the mysterious vanishment of several ancient artifacts.
Synonyms
216
2.1
A lack of someone or something that should be there
65
3.7
A person or thing not seen where it was before
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6.0
A sudden disappearance of a person or thing without explanation
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3.8
A slow loss of brightness, sound, or strength until almost gone
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4.7
Leaving a place secretly or without explaining why
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9.6
A brief fading from sight or memory
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5.3
A slow disappearance of sound or image at the end of a recording
A sudden loss of physical form when a person or thing disappears
A slow decrease in sound or light until it disappears
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Morphology
Etymology
Vanishment comes from vanish, which comes from an old Latin word vanus meaning 'empty' or 'gone'. Think of something becoming empty of people or light and slipping out of sight, and you can see why vanishment means the act of disappearing completely.