VANISHES Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

vanishes

verb

present tense third-person singular of vanish

as in disappears

to cease to be visible the house vanished into the fog as we drove away

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Recent Examples of vanishes In Figments of Freedom, written, directed by and starring Webber, a Marine goes AWOL, burns his life to ash, and vanishes into America’s fractured heart. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026 For many, August represents the last opportunity to sneak in a summer vacation before the season all too quickly vanishes. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026 Years after walking away from the FBI, Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are pulled back from the shadows when a federal agent vanishes without a trace. — ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026 If the human vanishes at the moment of execution, then fraud, repudiation, and abuse all become easier to scale. — Raj Ananthanpillai, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 He gets brought back into his old life when his FBI agent daughter, Rebecca, vanishes on a mission. — Shelby Stivale, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Aug. 2026 In many cycles of history, that vanishes and the death drive and the need for power take over. — Orna Guralnik, The New York Review of Books, 4 Aug. 2026 Green’s newfound intensity could merely be an early flash that vanishes by August, much less September. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 28 July 2026 The easy, unhurried pace of the ocean vanishes, and it’s replaced by the coordinated hustle of hundreds (or thousands) of passengers preparing to step back into reality. — Kristy Tolley, Travel + Leisure, 17 July 2026

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When his detective twin brother, James, disappears, Ludwig impersonates him to help his sister-in-law, Lucy (Anna Maxwell Martin), solve the mystery.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 27 Aug. 2026
When a lake abruptly disappears, that’s a strong indicator that the ice-rich permafrost has thawed.

— Anna Liljedahl, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2026

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As new variants emerge and immunity from prior exposure fades, conditions become more favorable for infection.

— Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026
Copley agrees with this sentiment, noting that the scent of essential oils fades quicker if a room is too cold, drafty, or large.

— Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 21 Aug. 2026

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