disappearancenoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˌdɪs.əˈpɪə.rəns/us/ˌdɪs.əˈpɪr.əns/B2 the fact of someone or something disappearing:
A man was being questioned in connection with her disappearance.
More examples
- An investigation has been under way for several days into the disappearance of a 13-year-old boy.
- Her disappearance was reported to the police department's Missing Persons Bureau.
- After ten years her mystifying disappearance was still unexplained.
- The disappearance of the ship, on a routine mission in 1925, has never been explained.
- Many viewers are furious about the programme's sudden disappearance from the schedules.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Appearing & disappearing
- act
- bubble up
- come up
- conjure
- creep
- disappear off the face of the earth idiom
- do a disappearing/vanishing act idiom
- drain
- emerge
- erupt
- evaporate
- face
- form
- manifestation
- melt
- pop
- puff
- pull
- pull sth up
- wither
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