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Disappear [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To vanish from the sight; to recede from the view; to become invisible by vanishing or departing, or by being enveloped in any thing that conceals, or by the interposition of an object. Darkness disappears at the access of light, and light disappears at the approach of darkness. A ship disappears by departure to a distance; the sun disappears in a fog, or behind a cloud, or in setting.

2. To cease; as, the epidemic has disappeared.

3. To withdraw from observation. The debtor disappears when he absconds.

Disappear [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To cease to appear or to be perceived; to pass from view, gradually or suddenly; to vanish; to be no longer seen; as, darkness disappears at the approach of light; a ship disappears as she sails from port.

2. To cease to be or exist; as, the epidemic has disappeared.

Disappearance [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Cessation of appearance; a removal from sight.

Disappearance [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The act of disappearing; cessation of appearance; removal from sight; vanishing.

Disappeared [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Disappearing [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A vanishing or removal from sight.

Disappearing [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Vanishing; receding from the sight; becoming invisible.

Disappearing [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Inexistence Roget’s Thesaurus §2

N. inexistence, nonexistence, nonsubsistence, # nonentity, nil, negativeness, nullity, nihility, nihilism, tabula rasa, blank, abeyance, absence, no such thing, nonbeing, nothingness, oblivion, annihilation, extinction, extinguishment, extirpation, nirvana, obliteration

V. not exist, have no existence, be null and void, cease to exist, pass away, perish, be extinct, become extinct, die out, disappear, melt away, dissolve, leave not a rack behind, go, be no more, die, annihilate, render null, nullify, abrogate, destroy, take away, remove, obliterate, extirpate

Adj. inexistent, nonexistent, negative, blank, missing, omitted, absent, insubstantial, shadowy, spectral, visionary, unreal, potential, virtual, baseless, in nubibus, unsubstantial, vain, unborn, uncreated, unbegotten, unconceived, unproduced, unmade, perished, annihilated, &c. v, extinct, exhausted, gone, lost, vanished, departed, gone with the wind, defunct, fabulous, ideal, supposititious

Adv. negatively, virtually

Phr. non ens, 2, being, in the concrete

Unsubstantiality Roget’s Thesaurus §4

N. unsubstantiality, insubstantiality, nothingness, nihility, no degree, no part, no quantity, no thing, nothing, naught, nil, nullity, zero, cipher, no one, nobody, never a one, ne'er a one, no such thing, none in the world, nothing whatever, nothing at all, nothing on earth, not a particle, all talk, moonshine, stuff and nonsense, matter of no importance, matter of no consequence, thing of naught, man of straw, john doe and richard roe, faggot voter, nominis umbra, nonentity, flash in the pan, vox et praeterea nihil, shadow, phantom, dream, ignis fatuus, "such stuff as dreams are made of", air, thin air, vapor, bubble, "baseless fabric of a vision", mockery, hollowness, blank, void, inanity, fool's paradise

V. vanish, evaporate, fade, dissolve, melt away, disappear

Adj. unsubstantial, baseless, groundless, ungrounded, without foundation, having no foundation, visionary, immaterial, spectral, dreamy, shadowy, ethereal, airy, cloud built, cloud formed, gossamery, illusory, insubstantial, unreal, vacant, vacuous, empty, eviscerated, blank, hollow, nominal, null, inane

Phr. there's nothing in it, "an ocean of dreams without a sound", 3, formal existence internal conditions

Departure Roget’s Thesaurus §293

N. departure, decession, decampment, embarkation, outset, start, removal, exit, exodus, hejira, flight, leave taking, valediction, adieu, farewell, goodbye, auf wiedersehen, sayonara, dosvidanya, ciao, aloha, hasta la vista, stirrup cup, valedictorian, starting point, starting post, point of departure, point of embarkation, place of departure, place of embarkation, port of embarkation, airport, take-off point, taxiing runway, runway, launching pad, spaceport

V. depart, go away, take one's departure, set out, set off, march off, put off, start off, be off, move off, get off, whip off, pack off, go off, take oneself off, start, issue, march out, debouch, go forth, sally forth, sally, set forward, be gone, hail from, leave a place, quit, vacate, evacuate, abandon, go off the stage, make one's exit, retire, withdraw, remove, vamoose*, vamose*, go one's way, go along, go from home, take flight, take wing, spring, fly, flit, wing one's flight, fly away, whip away, embark, go on board, go aboard, set sail' put to sea, go to sea, sail, take ship, hoist blue peter, get under way, weigh anchor, strike tents, decamp, walk one's chalks, cut one's stick, take leave, say good bye, bid goodbye, disappear, abscond, entrain, inspan

Adj. departing, valedictory, outward bound

Adv. whence, hence, thence, with a foot in the stirrup, on the wing, on the move

Int. begone, &c. (ejection) 297, farewell, adieu, goodbye, good day, au revoir, fare you well, god bless you, god speed, all aboard, auf wiedersehen, au plaisir de vous revoir, bon voyage, gluckliche reise, vive valeque

Disappearance Roget’s Thesaurus §449

N. disappearance, evanescence, eclipse, # occultation, departure, exit, vanishing point, dissolving views

V. disappear, vanish, dissolve, fade, melt away, pass, go, avaunt, evaporate, vaporize, be gone, leave no trace, leave "not a rack behind", go off the stage, suffer an eclipse, undergo an eclipse, retire from sight, be lost to view, pass out of sight, lose sight of, efface

Adj. disappearing, evanescent, missing, lost, lost to sight, lost to view, gone

Int. vanish, disappear, avaunt, get lost, get out of here, words relating to the intellectual faculties

Escape Roget’s Thesaurus §671

N. escape, scape, avolation|, elopement, flight, evasion, retreat, narrow escape, hairbreadth escape, close call, come off, impunity, loophole, path, refuse, vent, vent peg, safety valve, drawbridge, fire escape, reprieve, liberation, refugee

V. escape, scape, make one's escape, effect one's escape, make good one's escape, break jail, get off, get clear off, get well out of, echapper belle, save one's bacon, save one's skin, weather the storm, escape scot-free, elude &c, make off, march off, give one the slip, slip through the hands, slip through the fingers, slip the collar, wriggle out of prison, break out, break loose, break loose from prison, break away, slip away, get away, find vent, find a hole to creep out of, disappear, vanish, adj, escaping, escaped, stolen away, fled

Phr. the bird has flown the coop

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Leviticus 13:58

And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of skin it be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean.

If the mildew disappears from the fabric, weave, or knit, or any leather article after washing, then it is to be washed again, and it will be clean.

Numbers 27:4

Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father.

Why should the name of our father disappear from his clan because he had no sons? Give us property among our father’s brothers.”

Ruth 4:10

Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.

Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses today.”

1 Kings 20:40

And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.

But while your servant was busy here and there, the man disappeared.” And the king of Israel said to him, “So shall your judgment be; you have pronounced it on yourself.”

Job 14:11

As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

As water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dry,

Proverbs 23:5

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.

Isaiah 17:3

The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.

The fortress will disappear from Ephraim, and the sovereignty from Damascus. The remnant of Aram will be like the splendor of the Israelites,” declares the LORD of Hosts.

Isaiah 29:20

For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:

For the ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who look for evil will be cut down—

Jeremiah 7:28

But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

Therefore you must say to them, ‘This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the LORD their God and would not receive correction. Truth has perished; it has disappeared from their lips.

Hosea 4:3

Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.

Matthew 5:18

For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.

Luke 24:31

And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.

Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Jesus—and He disappeared from their sight.

Hebrews 8:13

In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.

By speaking of a new covenant, He has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.

2 Peter 3:10

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.