Thesaurus: vanish

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1. v. i. To pass from a visible to an invisible state; to go out of sight; to disappear; to fade; as, vapor vanishes from the sight by being dissipated; a ship vanishes from the sight of spectators on land.
2. v. i. To be annihilated or lost; to pass away.
3. n. The brief terminal part of vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part; as, a as in ale ordinarily ends with a vanish of i as in ill, o as in old with a vanish of oo as in foot.
4. v. get lost, as without warning or explanation
5. v. become invisible or unnoticeable
6. v. pass away rapidly
7. v. cease to exist
8. v. decrease rapidly and disappear
9. 1. To pass from a visible to an invisible state; to go out of sight; to disappear; to fade; as, vapor vanishes from the sight by being dissipated; a ship vanishes from the sight of spectators on land. The horse vanished . . . out of sight. Chaucer. Go; vanish into air; away! Shak. The champions vanished from their posts with the speed of lightning. Sir W. Scott. Gliding from the twilight past to vanish among realities. Hawthorne. 2. To be annihilated or lost; to pass away. "All these delights will vanish." Milton. The brief terminal part of vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part; as, a as in ale ordinarily ends with a vanish of i as in ill, o as in old with a vanish of oo as in foot. Rush. Note: The vanish is included by Mr. Bell under the general term glide.
10. The brief terminal part of vowel or vocal element, differingmore or less in quality from the main part; as, a as in aleordinarily ends with a vanish of i as in ill, o as in old with avanish of oo as in foot. Rush.
11. v:100 v. become invisible or unnoticeable v. cease to exist v. decrease rapidly and disappear