disappearance
noun /ˌdɪsəˈpɪərəns/
/ˌdɪsəˈpɪrəns/
- [uncountable, countable] disappearance (of somebody/something) (from something) the fact of being lost or impossible to find
- Police are investigating the disappearance of a young woman.
- a series of mysterious disappearances
- [uncountable] disappearance (of something) (from something) the fact of no longer existing; the fact of becoming impossible to see
- the disappearance of many species of plants and animals from our planet