vanish
noun
1. (phonetics) The brief terminal part of a vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part.
verb
1. get lost, as without warning or explanation
Similar word(s): disappear
Definition categories: change
2. become invisible or unnoticeable
- The effect vanished when day broke
Similar word(s): disappear
Definition categories: perception, cease, end, finish, stop, terminate
3. pass away rapidly
Definition categories: motion, elapse, lapse, pass
4. cease to exist
- An entire civilization vanished
Similar word(s): disappear
Definition categories: change, cease, end, finish, stop, terminate
5. decrease rapidly and disappear
- the money vanished in las Vegas
Similar word(s): fly, vaporize
Definition categories: change, decrease, diminish, fall, lessen
Sentences with vanish as a verb:
- The function f(x)=x2 vanishes at x=0.