disappearance
noun [C or U] /ˌdɪs.əˈpɪə.rəns/
/-ˈpɪr.əns/ Definition
1. Definition
2. Practise
B2 the fact of someone or something disappearing: A man was being questioned in connection with her disappearance.Appearing and disappearing
(Definition of disappearance noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- come up phrasal verb (APPEAR)
- come/crawl out of the woodwork idiom
- conjure verb
- creep in/creep into sth phrasal verb
- disappear off the face of the earth idiom
- dissolve verb (END)
- drain (sth) away phrasal verb
- emergence noun (APPEARING)
- erupt verb (START SUDDENLY)
- evaporate verb (DISAPPEAR)
- filter verb (APPEAR GRADUALLY)
- form noun (SHAPE)
- pass verb (GO PAST)
- peep verb (APPEAR)
- reappear verb
- rear its (ugly) head idiom
- spring verb (APPEAR SUDDENLY)
- vanish/go up/disappear in a puff of smoke idiom
- vanishing adjective
- wither verb
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