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disappearance
Variant of disappear
intransitive verb
- to cease to be seen; go out of sight
- to cease being; go out of existence, use, etc.; become lost or extinct
transitive verb
to cause to disappear; specif., to kidnap and execute (persons) in a clandestine program of political terror
Related Forms:
- disappearance noun
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