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disappear definition

dis·ap·pear (dis′ə pir′)

intransitive verb

  1. to cease to be seen; go out of sight
  2. to cease being; go out of existence, use, etc.; become lost or extinct

Etymology: ME disaperen: see dis- & appear

transitive verb

to cause to disappear; specif., to kidnap and execute (persons) in a clandestine program of political terror

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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