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   disappearance

   /ˌdɪsəˈpɪərəns/

   noun

   • 1. an act of someone or something ceasing to be visible: "the sun's disappearance at night" Similar vanishingfadingfading/melting awaypassing from sightreceding from viewwithdrawaldepartureretirementretreatgoingpassingexitebbwanedissipationdematerializationdissolutionevaporationliterary:evanescenceOpposite appearancereappearance
   • ▪ an act or the fact of someone or something going missing: "the police were investigating her disappearance" Similar losstheftrobberystealingthievingrobbingpilferingpilferagepurloiningOpposite recovery
   • ▪ the process of something ceasing to exist or be in use: "the disappearance of grammar schools" Similar dying outdyingdeathextinctioncoming to an endendingpassing awaypassing into oblivionexpiryvanishingperishingwithering awaypetering outfizzling out

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