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| dis·ap·pear [ dìssə pr ] (past and past participle dis·ap·peared, present participle dis·ap·pear·ing, 3rd person present singular dis·ap·pears) |
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1. intransitive verb vanish from sight: to cease to be seen, e.g. by moving away or going behind or into something
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2. intransitive verb not be found: to be gone from or no longer be seen in a place without any explanation
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3. intransitive verb cease to exist: to no longer exist
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4. transitive verb cause opponent to disappear: to make a political opponent disappear by arresting or killing the person without due process of law
  It wasn't the first time they had disappeared someone who was in the way.
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